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Mini-planet systems get stranger

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Mini-planet systems get stranger

Mini planetary systems may orbit cosmic objects that are 100 times smaller than our Sun, research suggests.

Discs of gas and dust, the ingredients needed to create such systems, have been seen circling these relatively small objects, dubbed "planemos".

If the discs were capable of evolving larger aggregations of material, it would blur the definition of the word "planet", scientists said.

The work was presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Canada.

Full Story here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5051706.stm

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