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‘Invisible’ world discovered: Planet alternately runs late and early in its orbit, tugged by second hidden world

September 8, 2011 by  
Filed under Physics News

Usually, running five minutes late is a bad thing since you might lose your dinner reservation or miss out on tickets to the latest show. But when a planet runs five minutes late, astronomers get excited because it suggests that another world is nearby. NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has spotted a planet that alternately runs late and early in its orbit because a second, “invisible” world is tugging on it.
ScienceDaily: Space & Time News

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