As was predicted by Isaac Asimov in his story 'Nightfall'.........................
To: SunkenCiv
XO-Planet Ping!.........................
2 posted on
04/01/2016 1:20:47 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
I recently learned that more star systems than not are actually double stars. Completely floored me.
5 posted on
04/01/2016 1:28:48 PM PDT by
fwdude
To: Red Badger
It is not obvious to me how you get a stable orbiting planet in a three star system. Look up the 3-Body Problem on Google.
For anyone who is interested there is a pretty good SF novel about a planet with 3 suns that I recently read. HERE is the link to the Amazon page.
To: Red Badger
But what about this triple?
9 posted on
04/01/2016 1:35:24 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Red Badger
I’m not leaving Earth for anything less than a four star system.
10 posted on
04/01/2016 1:36:07 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: Red Badger
Sector 001, Alpha Quadrant, K1V star with an absolute magnitude of 6.0. System of three planets, and an asteroid belt. The second of the three planets is class M planet Qo’noS
12 posted on
04/01/2016 1:50:58 PM PDT by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
To: Red Badger
This is great news for for sunbathers. Now they can tan both sides of their face and body at the same time!
14 posted on
04/01/2016 2:01:55 PM PDT by
ETL
(You can lead a Trump supporter to critical facts & info, but you can't make him/her think)
To: Red Badger
They should do like we do - have the stars orbiting the planet. Problem solved.
Dang it, why do I always have to be the genius around here?
To: Red Badger
16 posted on
04/01/2016 2:05:21 PM PDT by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
To: Red Badger
I’m wondering how they determined that the orbit is “stable”.
To: Red Badger
It has a very complex orbit.
26 posted on
04/01/2016 3:45:10 PM PDT by
Iron Munro
(Noah: 'When the animals began to pair up by specie and stand in line, I really took notice.')
To: Red Badger
I wonder if their stars think they know it all like our stars do.....
27 posted on
04/01/2016 3:47:41 PM PDT by
Iron Munro
(Noah: 'When the animals began to pair up by specie and stand in line, I really took notice.')
To: Red Badger
I once flew in a Lockheed TriStar.
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