Rogue Planets
What is a Rogue Planet?
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A Rogue Planet is a Planetary-Mass
Object that is unbounded by a solar system.
Without the gravity of a star to guide it, the
planet will travel through the void of space for
an
extreme amount of time. It could be quite awhile
before it comes into contact with a solar
system.
Wandering aimlessly as it's pulled only by the
gravity of it's galaxy.
It is theorized that a rogue planet would have
been created just like our planet. It would have
been
formed during the early stages of a solar
systems development. However, unlike the earth
it would
have been ejected from the gravitational pull of
it's solar system of origin.
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