Posted on 01/16/2018 2:11:31 PM PST by BenLurkin
A new study using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope shows that in most cases, exoplanets orbiting the same star have similar sizes and regular spacing between their orbits.
By contrast, our own solar system has a range of planetary sizes and distances between neighbors. The smallest planet, Mercury, is about one-third the size of Earth — and the biggest planet, Jupiter, is roughly 11 times the diameter of Earth. There also are very different spacings between individual planets, particularly the inner planets.
This means our solar system may have formed differently than other solar systems did, the research team suggested, although more observations are needed to learn what the different mechanisms were.
"The planets in a system tend to be the same size and regularly spaced, like peas in a pod. These patterns would not occur if the planet sizes or spacings were drawn at random," Lauren Weiss, the study's lead author and an astrophysicist at the University of Montreal, said in a statement.
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In our own solar system, however, the story is very different. The four terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) are very widely spaced apart. The team pointed to evidence from other research that Jupiter and Saturn may have disrupted the structure of the young solar system. While the statement did not specify how, several other research studies have examined the movements of these giant planets and their potential impact on the solar system.
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Almost like it was created for us?
>>This means our solar system may have formed differently than other solar systems did
Or was formed for a different purpose.
Probably because God created life ONLY on this planet.
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Wait..we are in an Alien World’s show?
If we are the aliens then who are the normal creatures watching us?
Don’t you listen to them, Solar System!
You aren’t odd!
You’re just fine!
Those astronomers are just haters!
They should all sniff Uranus!
IIRC, our ‘system’ revolves around the Sun at like 90° to the rest of the galaxy.................
Where’s the alien guy?
Tough to make conclusions based on 1/infinity of the possibilities.
That’s why there is Divine Revelation.
Well, but the planets more distant from the sun are even more widely spaced apart. For example, we're 1AU from the sun, with Venus and Mercury squeezed in between; while Jupiter is 5.2 and Saturn is 10. Uranus is much farther from Saturn than Saturn is from Jupiter.
Aliens from red or blue stars will only be a drain on our planet.
-PJ
“Probably because God created life ONLY on this planet.”
Please stop.
We are not the center of the universe, center of the solar system, not the only galaxy in the universe, and one of likely TRILLIONS of planets.
Is it too much that people not run to the next goal post then swear God has created that only for this place?
I’m not really buying this “study based on NASA data”. We’re not even able to detect the planets around most stars, and the ones we can are typically only the large planets or the ones very close to the star. Most of the universe is still largely unknown, so it’s too early to make a judgement like this.
You are correct.
There is a theory that the system formed from matter from a captured galaxy that intersected this one at a steep angle, and that is why we are tilted like this.
Okay, where else has ANY life EVER been discovered except on planet earth? Until you show me this I'm 100% correct. You're just guessing.
In before the picture of the crazy-haired Alien Guy!!!!!!
Whew. Made it.
Yup.
Especially considering our moon is very unique in terms of size and location.
In our own solar system, however, the story is very different.
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In other words, our solar system is anomalous. This then leads some credence to the Electric Universe theory which in part holds that Earth, and Mars were once moons of Saturn. Something happened which drove the giant planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus into their present orbits far from the Sun, flinging off Earth, Venus, and Mars in the process.
That something above could be Tom Van Flandren’s Exploding Planets Theory - both Mars and Luna are heavily cratered on only one side - the side facing a theorized exploding planet(s).
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