14.7.05

Three star system discovered to have planets

Hat tip to the Wolves GM for this link.

I'd always thought that with two or more suns planetary formation might not only be difficult in the genesis stage, but extremely difficult to keep them around. The gravitational tug of war between three orbiting bodies is incredibly difficult to navigate (or predict), and planets could be easily flung out of the system altogether. In this case the planet is found to orbit very close to it's parent star, with the other two stars also orbiting the parent star, creating a stable system.

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