“If it were any larger, material from the surface would be flung into orbit around the star.”
Jason Hessels
“There's almost no gravity at the surface. If you were standing on [the surface], you could jump into orbit.”
Donald Brownlee
“All three objects are nearly Pluto-sized or larger, and all are in elliptical orbits tilted out of the plane of the solar system,”
Mike Brown
“The disk of dust orbiting a star, similar to the dust we feel formed our solar system.”
Michael Werner
“Or you could just have a big object tossed in close to the star. It goes into orbit and it will get torn apart by the gravity of the star once it gets close enough.”
Ben Zuckerman
“Now that we know the orbits of all the stars, we can see that many nearby stars come from far away and are just transiting near us now.”
Johannes Andersen
“Mars is essentially in the same orbit. Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If there is oxygen, then we can breathe.”
Dan Quayle
