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planetary

[plan-i-ter-ee] / ˈplæn ɪˌtɛr i /


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Observations of many planetary systems have generally supported this idea.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Current models suggest rocky planets form near stars because intense radiation strips away gas surrounding developing planetary cores.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Rather than representing a universal blueprint, its orderly structure could be just one example among many wildly different planetary arrangements in the cosmos.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Anil Madhavapeddy, professor of planetary computing at Cambridge University, told the BBC that more than 100 research groups have accessed the tool.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Similarly, Ptolemy had demonstrated that no homocentric planetary system could account for the observed phenomena, but philosophers were still trying to produce such a system well into the sixteenth century.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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