Two Planets Discovered Sharing the Same Orbit

i like this

Don't forget that these planets were discovered by looking at a single dot of light and just noticing that it changes color and intensity jjuusstt so that it means that there are 2 bodies orbiting at the same distance, and from that little dot we can extrapolate what will be happening to those planets for the next few million years. Science is incredible, eh?

does anybody have anymore info regarding the size of these planets and the distance that they are from here

that's the great thing about theoretical physics. You just need a flicker of light and you can come up with an awesome story that no one will ever contradict unless he has a super-light speed spaceship or a time machine.

Well you all know what the definition of science is:
Making vast theories based on half vast data.

I've always wondered if that's possible. Now we have an answer :)

@enevo What is theoretical about measuring the angles between two celestial bodies observed via telescope? We don't have to physically travel to many places in order to observe them. If science followed your logic, we wouldn't know anything about any place other than the earth and its moon. Much of what we know about astronomy was discovered hundreds of years before we even figured out how to achieve flight here on earth.

It's ok sorandom, he still believes that the Earth is the center of the universe. So we can't get too mad at him. Haha

interesting, can som1 please explain this simulation

Fom the article:
"These spots, known as Lagrange points, are 120 degrees in front of and behind whichever body is smaller. The discovered co-orbiting planets, located in the four-planet system KOI-730, are always 120 degrees apart"

From the New Scientist article:
"They circle their sun-like parent star every 9.8 days at exactly the same orbital distance, one permanently about 60 degrees ahead of the other."
and
"there are two Lagrange points along the planet's orbit where a third body can orbit stably. These lie 60 degrees ahead of and 60 degrees behind the smaller object."

How did 60 degrees suddenly become 120 degrees? Please cut and paste properly when you copy an article. Or at least read and understand.

@dontcallmechief "Well you all know what the definition of science is:
Making vast theories based on half vast data." wow??? really? why do you even come to this website at all??? I think FML.com would be more suited (f#ck my life.com)

While this may be the first time two planets have been discovered that share the same orbit, we know of THREE moons that share the same orbit. It actually happens TWICE around Saturn. Tethys has two Trojan moons, Telesto and Calypso, at its L4 and L5 Lagrange points. Dione also has two, Helene and Polydeuces, at its L4 and L5 points with Saturn. Also, Saturn moons Janus and Epimetheus have orbits that are so close together it would appear they would collide, but they actually swap orbits about every 4 years when they approach instead of crashing together.