{"id":70841,"date":"2019-07-13T06:10:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T10:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=70841"},"modified":"2019-07-06T21:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T01:34:40","slug":"the-secret-to-planet-formation-might-be-hiding-in-the-fulton-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=70841","title":{"rendered":"The Secret to Planet Formation Might Be Hiding in the Fulton Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are over 2,300 exoplanets that have been discovered, but there seems to be a gap in the data. Why is this and what can it tell us about our universe?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W4brTtjdH5Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\nWeird Worlds? Yes &#8212; by the Trillion<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fexoplanets.nasa.gov%2Fblog%2F1555%2Fweird-worlds-yes-by-the-trillion%2F&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/exoplanets.nasa.gov\/blog\/1555&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;It\u2019s been dubbed the Fulton gap, after Benjamin Fulton, lead author on a paper describing it. The Kepler data show that planets of a certain size-range are rare \u2013 those between 1.5 and 2 times the size of Earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Planet Discoveries Pile Up, a Gap Appears in the Pattern<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quantamagazine.org%2Fas-planet-discoveries-pile-up-a-gap-appears-in-the-pattern-20190516%2F&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.quantamagazine.org\/as-pla&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Dragomir said the radius gap points to possible rules both about how planets are formed, and what happens to them early on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Did Kepler Teach Us? Celebrating the Space Telescope, 10 Years after Launch<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fexoplanets.nasa.gov%2Fnews%2F1556%2Fwhat-did-kepler-teach-us-celebrating-the-space-telescope-10-years-after-launch%2F&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/exoplanets.nasa.gov\/news\/1556&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;The discoveries range from Earth-sized rocky bodies to intermediate-sized &#8220;super-Earths&#8221; and &#8220;mini-Neptunes&#8221; to gaseous planets the size of Jupiter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Visit the Seeker website <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seeker.com%2Fvideos&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.seeker.com\/videos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elements on Facebook\u00a0 <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSeekerElements%2F&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SeekerElements\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now! <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_c&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seeker on Twitter <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fseeker&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/seeker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seeker on Facebook <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSeekerMedia%2F&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SeekerMedia\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seeker <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seeker.com%2F&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.seeker.com\/<\/a> <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quantamagazine.org%2Fas-planet-discoveries-pile-up-a-gap-appears-in-the-pattern-20190516%2F&amp;v=W4brTtjdH5Y&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=1as2l0BaYhj-pw4ainl4cQ923dl8MTU2MjUzOTQwNkAxNTYyNDUzMDA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.quantamagazine.org\/as-pla&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are over 2,300 exoplanets that have been discovered, but there seems to be a gap in the data. Why is this and what can it tell us about our universe? Read More: Weird Worlds? Yes &#8212; by the Trillion https:\/\/exoplanets.nasa.gov\/blog\/1555&#8230; &#8220;It\u2019s been dubbed the Fulton gap, after Benjamin Fulton, lead author on a paper describing it. The Kepler data show that planets of a certain size-range are rare \u2013 those between 1.5 and 2 times the size of Earth.&#8221; As Planet Discoveries Pile Up, a Gap Appears in the Pattern https:\/\/www.quantamagazine.org\/as-pla&#8230; &#8220;Dragomir said the radius gap points to possible rules both about how planets are formed, and what happens to them early on.&#8221; What Did Kepler Teach Us? 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