Astronomers have discovered a new gaseous planet has been discovered nearly 1,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Lyra. Gaseous Planet orbit places it beyond the “snow line” What’s unusual is the planet’s orbit places it beyond the “snow line” – the dividing line between rocky and gas planets. Outside of the snow line, water condenses into ice grains that stick together to build gas giant planets. “The snow line is a crucial distance in planet formation theory. We think all gas giants must have formed beyond this distance,” said study lead author David Kipping, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for…
New Gaseous Planet Discovered Past Snow Line
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.