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Originally Posted by timb
I think that's CoRot. The star is F0V. The period and the rotation are given as 9.20205 +/- 0.00037 and 8.87 +/- 1.12 days respectively, so synchronicity is not a lock. |
Thanks, I took the article too literally.
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The team has found that the star, which is slightly larger than our Sun, is rotating at the same pace as the planet's period of revolution. This is quite a surprise for the team, as the planet is thought to be too low in mass and too distant from its star, for the star to have any major influence on its rotation.
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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.
"The mean of five measures each of which is not worth a dang (sinc), has a maximum value of only five dangs (sinc)". Heber Curtis
"(sinc)" - spelling is not correct (in its orginal form) :)
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