• omega_x3@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Doesn’t the 3 body problem make the orbits so unstable that there wouldn’t be time for multi cell life to develop?

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      2 months ago

      Planet masses are so small compared to stars that they don’t really count as a third body the same way I don’t count as a third body between the earth and the moon (insert yo Mama joke here).

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      2 months ago

      How about two stars in close configurations orbiting each other like binary system would and third star far away orbiting the binary system and a planet orbiting the third star on goldilock zone?