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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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Planets That Transit Red Giant Stars
The planets that i've been focusing on for my research are generally planets that transit giant stars. One of the systems that we found, t oi two, three, three, seven b, is particularly close to its host star and it's also particularly massive. So we believe that this planet is actually going to be inside its host star in less than a million years. And most of those interactions result in the planet getting pulled ever closer in toward the star.
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