The planet that shouldn't exist

[tenbyfifty]

a friend  mentioned this to me last night, quite interesting.

sorry for sending u to the daily mail site but it seemed to be the only page which summarized the

basic facts if u don't fancy reading the whole thing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2519418/The-planet-shouldnt-exist-Bizarre-world-orbiting-star-staggering-distance-leaves-astronomers-baffled.html

[Mr Spock]

At that distance, size and temperature it will be a brown dwarf rather than planet.

[Naemeth]

With the number of solar systems we can look too, it's not really a surprise that there are a few which don't seem to fit our knowledge of planetary formation - helps us improve our theories

[tenbyfifty]

At that distance, size and temperature it will be a brown dwarf rather than planet.

all the sites i've seen are describing it as a  giant planet 

[Cath]

"The planet that shouldn't exist" .. lol

It's not the planet that shouldn't exist, it's our way of thinking, and the daily fail that shouldn't exit. The planet/system is not doing ANYTHING it shouldn't, it's just doing what it does. The last thing it needs is our lack of knowledge and incorrect theories/physics being imposed onto it.

[tenbyfifty]

"The planet that shouldn't exist" .. lol

It's not the planet that shouldn't exist, it's our way of thinking, and the daily fail that shouldn't exit. The planet/system is not doing ANYTHING it shouldn't, it's doing what it does. The last thing it needs is our lack of knowledge being imposed onto it.

to be fair the daily mail are just picking up on a phrase that a lot of sites are using and because the planet

seems to contradict established ideas about how and where large planets form

[ronin]

The theory of plane formation is really based on one example - ours.

When they started finding the high number of Hot Jupiters that basically threw that theory in the waste bin.

Would not be surprised to find that our system is more the abnormal one, so basing anything on our solar system could be the first wrong step in the theory. We have a single, stable sun and the planets around it are sort of well behaved and none are really extreme. So perhaps we are the improbable solar system.

[Naemeth]

The theory of plane formation is really based on one example - ours.

When they started finding the high number of Hot Jupiters that basically threw that theory in the waste bin.

Would not be surprised to find that our system is more the abnormal one, so basing anything on our solar system could be the first wrong step in the theory. We have a single, stable sun and the planets around it are sort of well behaved and none are really extreme. So perhaps we are the improbable solar system.

Occam's razor .

When we were the only solar system in consideration our current theory made a lot of sense, you are right that the sheer number of hot Jupiter-size planets we have discovered puts this theory on shaky ground

[symesie04]

"The planet that shouldn't exist" .. lol

It's not the planet that shouldn't exist, it's our way of thinking, and the daily fail that shouldn't exit. The planet/system is not doing ANYTHING it shouldn't, it's just doing what it does. The last thing it needs is our lack of knowledge and incorrect theories/physics being imposed onto it.

Lol Cath you do make me laugh sometimes, but spot on though.