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Planets on the spot

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The three planets of the Kepler-30 system align closely with a starspot, indicating their common birth in a gaseous disk. Similar alignments could inform us about the origin of planets orbiting our stellar neighbours. See Letter p.449

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Figure 1: Planetary line-up.

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