The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know

Planets Circling Two Stars

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S1 • E13    Sep 23, 2015    30m
See how data from the Kepler spacecraft confirms a scenario straight out of the movie Star Wars: a planet with two suns. Investigate the tricky orbital mechanics of these systems. A double star also complicates the heating and cooling cycle on a planet. However, the view is spectacular!

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