Re: Number of low eccentricity distant planets

Crown-Horned Snorkack wrote:

> Hot jupiters are easier to detect than the more distant planets like
> Solar System giants. However, some planets on long period orbits have
> been found.
> 
> Planets on circular orbits, like in Solar System, should be no harder
> to find than planets on eccentric orbits. Yet most planetary systems
> have eccentric orbits.
> 
> How rare are systems with low eccentricity orbits like Solar System -
> excluding the hot jupiters?

We don't know yet.  We're still collecting data.

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