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[[Image:HD 98800.jpg|thumb|right|Artist's conception of HD 98800 would look like.]]A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two stars instead of one because the stars are so close together that they can only form outside of the orbits of both stars. | [[Image:HD 98800.jpg|thumb|right|Artist's conception of HD 98800 would look like.]]A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two stars instead of one because the stars are so close together that they can only form outside of the orbits of both stars. | ||
==Circumbinary planets in Sci-Fi== | |||
*[[Tatooine]] appears to be a circumbinary planet | |||
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*[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15169610 On the evolution of giant protoplanets forming in circumbinary discs] | *[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15169610 On the evolution of giant protoplanets forming in circumbinary discs] | ||
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[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
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A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two stars instead of one because the stars are so close together that they can only form outside of the orbits of both stars.
Circumbinary planets in Sci-Fi
- Tatooine appears to be a circumbinary planet