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July 19 , 2019
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- Some moons around distant, giant planets can break free of their orbits and end up circling the host star like a planet instead.
- An international team of astronomers have described these hypothetical moons as ploonets.
- Researchers reveal that ploonets can form when gas giants like Jupiter are forced to migrate closer to their star, causing a transfer of angular momentum to their moons.
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