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Astronomers May Have Found Two Exoplanets Sharing One Orbit (www.extremetech.com)
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[–] very_well_lost 3 points 2 years ago

Very cool find if this is confirmed! Trojan planets have long been predicted by simulations, but never actually observed in practice. If this is real, it could do a lot to help refine our models of planetary formation.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 1 points 2 years ago

Sorry. Planets have to clear their own orbits. They’re called Plutonic Friends (or, in this case, Exo-Plutonic Friends).