Free-floating binary planets from ejections during close stellar encounters
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02239-2
Simulated close encounters between planetary systems and other stars reveal that outer giant planets on wide orbits tend to be ejected, with a fraction of them forming bound pairs. This scenario would lead to a population of free-floating binary planets in dense stellar environments
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