Thread: Is it a Star or a Planet?
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Old 05-06-2007, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by erick View Post
Doesn't a "planet", by definition, orbit a "star"?
The answer is No, they have found many Planetary type objects in the Orion nebula nowhere near stars.
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