According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history
  • myster0n@feddit.nl
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    1 month ago

    There are NO planets that don’t orbit stars : once they don’t orbit a star they don’t follow the modern definition of a planet anymore

    • very_well_lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      The modern definition of “planet” only includes things that orbit the sun.

      Honestly, the IAU’s definition of a planet is pretty useless.

    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Rocky planets, gas giant planets, ice giant planets, dwarf planets, super Earth planets, hycean planets, lava planets, rogue planets…