Planets orbit their parent stars while separated by enormous distances – in our solar system, planets are like grains of sand in a region the size of a football field. The time that planets take to ...

Orbital resonance, a phenomenon where planetary orbital periods exhibit whole-number ratios, is observed in approximately 5% of planetary systems, exemplified by Neptune and Pluto's 3:2 resonance and ...

Orbital resonance Resonance happens when planets or moons have orbital periods that are ratios of whole numbers. The orbital period is the time taken for a planet to make one complete circuit of the ...