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Wasn't there a proboards for it? Clitnation or something.
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Bill came up with theories for how two planets (giess and micras in his examples) could be in the same system
it required synchronized orbits on opposite sides of the star or a large star and the planets orbiting very far out.
all in all it was very dodgy and unlikely to have 2 planets so perilously formed
any more than two was really an impossibility with it's difficulty
it required synchronized orbits on opposite sides of the star or a large star and the planets orbiting very far out.
all in all it was very dodgy and unlikely to have 2 planets so perilously formed
any more than two was really an impossibility with it's difficulty
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Eh, you could have them in positions similar to Earth and Mars. Part of the reason why Mars failed was because it was smaller and had a thicker crust, causing plate tectonics to freeze, preventing the usual churning that happens on the Earth.
Plus, the system could have multiple stars. I saw something on the Alpha Centauri system which had to do with the habitable zones around the two main stars, and the two habitable zones were sufficiently close and the two stars sufficiently far away so that there wouldn't be disruption of the orbit.
So, suppose that, say we have a hypothetical multi-star system, one of whom is an F-type star named Atos with Micras and Giess in different orbits but both within the habitable zone (I do believe that F-type stars are theorized to have larger habitable zones anyway). Completely different sectors would be on planets going around different stars in the multi-star system.
Plus, the system could have multiple stars. I saw something on the Alpha Centauri system which had to do with the habitable zones around the two main stars, and the two habitable zones were sufficiently close and the two stars sufficiently far away so that there wouldn't be disruption of the orbit.
So, suppose that, say we have a hypothetical multi-star system, one of whom is an F-type star named Atos with Micras and Giess in different orbits but both within the habitable zone (I do believe that F-type stars are theorized to have larger habitable zones anyway). Completely different sectors would be on planets going around different stars in the multi-star system.
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It's better yeah
but the nature of dual star systems tends to mean they were rather chaotic at the start, it would make it hard for a planet to form
and if it forms after the stars have "joined" into one system there might not be enough energy and asteroids left to build a large planet
And I understand. Politics... meh. It's better than that blasted Hurmu gate.
but the nature of dual star systems tends to mean they were rather chaotic at the start, it would make it hard for a planet to form
and if it forms after the stars have "joined" into one system there might not be enough energy and asteroids left to build a large planet
And I understand. Politics... meh. It's better than that blasted Hurmu gate.
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