“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
“The disk of dust orbiting a star, similar to the dust we feel formed our solar system.”
Michael Werner
“If it were any larger, material from the surface would be flung into orbit around the star.”
Jason Hessels
“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
“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
“Ask ten engineers for the best orbit for a particular spacecraft and you'll get ten different ideas.”
Dario Izzo
“Their orbits have a very large inclination, of 89 degrees in fact, so you get very good coverage over the Antarctic.”
Isabella Velicogna
