Rimu to SpaceEnglish • 18 days agoPlanet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: jingszo
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkPlanet found orbiting 3 stars at once, with giant dust ringsbigthink.comRimu to SpaceEnglish • 18 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.
Hydrate me when the next stable era comes along.