Open AccessPeculiar Planets Prefer Perpendicular Paths
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo161264
Subject(s) - planet , astrobiology , perpendicular , physics , geology , astronomy , geometry , mathematics
Some exoplanets orbit their stars from pole to pole instead of across the equator. Why do they do that?