Study finds comet-like planet orbiting the poles of its star
An international team led by Swiss astronomers has found that an exoplanet, which evaporates like a comet, follows an elliptical orbit passing almost over the poles of its star, instead of the equatorial plane. Further, the planet is under enormous tidal forces because it is incredibly close to its star GJ436, about 3% of the Earth-Sun distance, said the researchers.