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General Category => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: rdunk on September 23, 2016, 04:24:04 AM

Title: Now this is Something Different - One big Planet Orbiting Two stars
Post by: rdunk on September 23, 2016, 04:24:04 AM
........and only 8,000 light years from Earth!  ;D

"The two stars are both red dwarfs, and are about seven million miles apart from each other. About 300 million miles away is the gas giant planet that orbits them, and it takes about seven Earth years to go around once".

Actually a bit remindful of the Planet X scenario, except not such a long orbit!!!

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/09/22/scientists-discover-large-planet-orbiting-two-stars.html

(http://s18.postimg.org/pushhqii1/Screen_Shot_2016_09_22_at_10_19_11_PM.jpg)