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Impossible Orbit of Planet Nu Octantis Finally Explained

2025-06-26 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Please support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage and discussions, DMs, no ads) Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX (Unreleased videos, extra footage and discussions, DMs, no ads) Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about Nu Octantis and how it seems to be possible Links: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09006-x https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/discovery-alert-a-possible-perpendicular-planet/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exceptional_asteroids#retrogradeseason Triton videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-t06fWGeI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBunWOUJlUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csOU7IlboPM #exoplanet #orbit #milkyway 0:00 Strange orbits 0:50 Nu Octantis mystery and why it makes no sense 3:20 New evidence and retrograde orbit 5:30 Why these orbits are strange and examples in the solar system 7:20 Other star systems 8:15 Explanation that makes most sense 9:25 Summary and conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: AnynobodyCC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde_and_prograde_motion#/media/File:Retrogradeorbit.gif Silver Spoon CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde_and_prograde_motion#/media/File:RetrogradeBaan.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exceptional_asteroids#Retrograde Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@George-rk7ts 2025-06-26

It's great how every advance in understanding raises even more questions. The universe is endlessly cool. We just have to open our eyes. Which Anton does a wonderful job of reminding of every day.

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@TexanMiror2 2025-06-26

Observations like this make me so excited for better telescopes, because the planets we currently discover are mostly just the really big ones, and only few of the small planets - but there's so many more small planets to discover, and many more small planets in completely crazy orbits or with unbelievable formation history.

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@Dysprosium66 2025-06-27

I'm a first year astrophysics student, and I love listening to your videos to keep up on astronomy news. I like how factual your videos feel compared to some other (more clickbait-ey) channels that get a bit lost in the spectacle.

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@jimcurtis9052 2025-06-26

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 😁🤙

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@RobertBrown-i4r 2025-06-27

I am truly thankful to be living in this time of discovery -- many thanks Anton

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@warriorsabe1792 2025-06-26

I'm curious, which protostar is it that was mentioned around 7:50, with the weird counterrotating disk?

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@mr.zafner8295 2025-06-27

Thank you for teaching about space and science, Anton

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@yvonnemiezis5199 2025-06-27

Interesting information, thanks ❤👍

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@bipolarminddroppings 2025-06-27

I love stuff like this, gives me great ideas for planets to create for sci-fi stories.

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@whatthegorgonzola2526 2025-06-27

I always look forward for the daily Anton upload

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