ESO/L. CalçadaFrom USA Today:
Wrong way planets -- two of nine jumbo planets reported Tuesday by European astronomers -- orbit opposite their star's rotation, unlike our own solar system.
The discovery means six of 27 "hot Jupiters", gas giant worlds orbiting close-in to their stars reported in recent years by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) team, orbit the wrong way around stars. The WASP team searches for "transit" planets, ones that cause dips in the light from their stars, revealing their orbit's characteristics.
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