Gallery of exoplanets with retrograde orbits (artist's impression)

Exoplanets, discovered by WASP together with ESO telescopes, that unexpectedly have been found to have retrograde orbits are shown here. In all cases the star is shown to scale, with its rotation axis pointing up and with realistic colours. The exoplanets are shown during the transit of their parent star, just before mid-transit. The last object at the lower right is for comparison and has a “normal” orbital direction. The size of each image is three solar diameters.

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ESO/A. C. Cameron

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Identificazione:eso1016b
Tipo:Illustrazione
Data di rilascio:Martedì 13 Aprile 2010 12:00
Notizie relative:eso1016
Grandezza:3000 x 2000 px

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Nome:Exoplanets
Tipo:Milky Way : Planet
Categoria:Illustrations

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