In a message dated 99-03-04 19:00:08 EST, naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) writes:
> In article <21ac2973.36ddf0af@aol.com>, <CurtAdams@aol.com> wrote:
> > One possible solution now seems to be planet orbit evolution. We're
finding
> > Jupiter sized planets, but they're all in funny orbits - very near the sun
or
> > elliptical.
> Remember that we find such planets because they are the only ones we can
> currently find at all. We can only infer the existence of very large
> planets so close to their star that they affect it enough for us to
> notice. There is no reason to believe that the planets we find are in
> any way typical.