Tilted Orbits (IMAGE)

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Tilted Orbits

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The Kepler-56 planetary system features two inner planets orbiting at a severe tilt to their host star -- even though there's no "hot Jupiter" in the system.

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Daniel Huber, NASA/Ames Research Center

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