Neil
29-Aug-2012, 01:03 PM
...well at least something like it...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19401891
A team reports in Science the discovery of two planets orbiting a pair of stars - a so-called binary.
Gravitational disturbances generated by stellar pairs are thought to be very severe for any orbiting planets.
Nasa's Kepler space telescope found two small planets around a pair of low-mass stars.
Such systems have particular significance for science fiction fans. In the Star Wars films, Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine orbits a binary star.
The planetary system, known as Kepler-47, is located roughly 5,000 light-years away, in the constellation Cygnus.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19401891
A team reports in Science the discovery of two planets orbiting a pair of stars - a so-called binary.
Gravitational disturbances generated by stellar pairs are thought to be very severe for any orbiting planets.
Nasa's Kepler space telescope found two small planets around a pair of low-mass stars.
Such systems have particular significance for science fiction fans. In the Star Wars films, Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine orbits a binary star.
The planetary system, known as Kepler-47, is located roughly 5,000 light-years away, in the constellation Cygnus.