planets                package:HSAUR                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Data on planets outside the Solar System.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data("planets")

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 101 observations from 101 exoplanets  on the
     following 3 variables.

     _m_a_s_s Jupiter mass of the planet.

     _p_e_r_i_o_d period in earth days.

     _e_c_c_e_n the radial eccentricity of the planet.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     From the properties of the exoplanets found up to now it        
     appears that the theory of planetary development constructed    
     for the planets of the Solar System may need to be reformulated.
     The exoplanets are not at all like the nine local planets that we
     know so well. A first step in the process of understanding the
     exoplanets might be to try to classify them with respect  to their
     known properties.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     M. Mayor and P. Frei (2003). _New Worlds in the Cosmos:  The
     Discovery of Exoplanets_. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
     UK.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       data("planets", package = "HSAUR")
       require("scatterplot3d")
       scatterplot3d(log(planets$mass), log(planets$period), log(planets$eccen), 
                     type = "h", highlight.3d = TRUE,  angle = 55, 
                     scale.y = 0.7, pch = 16)

