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To: VanShuyten

If there is one it seems likely that there will be more. I would imagine the goldilocks zone is a bit further out than ours since the A star is hotter.

With the B star swinging around like that, I suspect there wouldn’t be a lot of debris like our kuiper belt.

This is actually some of the biggest science news we’ve seen for quite a while.


11 posted on 10/17/2012 5:23:58 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek
With the B star swinging around like that, I suspect there wouldn’t be a lot of debris like our kuiper belt.

Interesting "seasons" if there is one in the GLZ.

12 posted on 10/17/2012 5:31:28 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Tequila can hurt but it wasn't designed to kill you. Taqiyya is.)
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To: cripplecreek

Wouldn’t a binary system limit where planets could form? A planet as far out as Jupiter would be affected by both suns almost equally, so what would happen to all of our gas giants? I would think that only relatively small planets fairly close to each star would survive. Would 1 AU be close enough to be able to ignore the gravity of the other star?


18 posted on 10/17/2012 5:59:54 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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