The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know

Lava Worlds

TV-G
S1 • E14    Sep 23, 2015    30m
Explore the theoretical limit of the smallest possible orbit for a planet, taking into consideration tidal stresses and other destructive processes. Then focus on Professor Winn's search for such objects, which found probable lava worlds - planets heated to rock-melting temperatures by their extreme closeness to their host stars.

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