To: SunkenCiv
I don't see how life could form on planets in binary star systems.
Wouldn't the paths of the planets be so strange as to result in significant changes in temperature throughout the year?
6 posted on
02/03/2009 7:40:25 PM PST by
who_would_fardels_bear
(The cosmos is about the smallest hole a man can stick his head in. - Chesterton)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Long period hibernation maybe?
Certainly not life like anything we see on earth.
9 posted on
02/03/2009 7:46:34 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Heavy winter coats in the morning, bikinis at Noon. Seems possible (I'm speaking metaphorically of course).
However, Earth has a plentitude of micro-organisms living in solid rock deep in the crust. Those critters are oblivious to weather, climate, and everything else.
10 posted on
02/03/2009 7:51:27 PM PST by
muawiyah
To: who_would_fardels_bear
I don't see how life could form on planets in binary star systems. Wouldn't the paths of the planets be so strange as to result in significant changes in temperature throughout the year?
The problem is worse than that. It's not likely that the planet formed in this binary system by the same model used for planetary formation here, and if there are a number of planets in this binary system, the problem gets even worse.
12 posted on
02/03/2009 7:58:13 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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