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Yeah although like most things in exoplanetary astronomy, the relationship between metallicity and planetary systems is an area of active research with various

by pvg 3y ago

Yeah although like most things in exoplanetary astronomy, the relationship between metallicity and planetary systems is an area of active research with various not-totally-intuitive findings: https://www.space.com/31456-rocky-planet-found-unlikely-star.html https://www.space.com/31456-rocky-planet-found-unlikely-star... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37195-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37195-4

spookie 3y ago
That Neptune sized planet sure is close to its star. Interesting
- pvg 3y ago
  Oh they get even bigger and closer and we've seen a bunch of those because they're more readily detectable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Jupiter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Jupiter