Rimu to SpaceEnglish • 2 days agoPlanet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: jingszo
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkPlanet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.comRimu to SpaceEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: jingszo
It was long thought that planets couldn’t stably orbit systems containing three stars. GW Orionis is the first counterexample.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 days ago Even though stars come in singlets, binaries, trinaries, and even greater numbers of multi-star systems, we’d only ever found stars orbiting one — or, at most, two — stars. I think they mean planets.
minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 day agoThey mean stars. This is notable because it’s the first planet found orbiting more than two stars. Nevermind, that is written horribly. I think you’re correct.
I think they mean planets.
They mean stars. This is notable because it’s the first planet found orbiting more than two stars.Nevermind, that is written horribly. I think you’re correct.