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- Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:32 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Very Dusty Binary Star, Worlds Collide (25 Sep 2008)
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Re: Very Dusty Binary Star, Worlds Collide (25 Sep 2008)
If Makemake is in 11:6 orbital resonance with Neptune, then its orbital period is 60190d x 11/6 = 110348.33d = 302.11yr. However, if its orbital resonance with Neptune were 15:8, then its orbital period would be 60190d x 15/8 = 112856.25d = 308.98yr. The figure of nearly 309 years is much closer to ...