tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post8094658181516550183..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: A planetary Tilt-o-WhirlGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-16314585359321086432020-09-11T08:45:32.658-07:002020-09-11T08:45:32.658-07:00Love your animation!
What generally happens is th...Love your animation!<br /><br />What generally happens is that multiple star systems eventually (say, in a few million years) fly apart except for hierarchical pairings that are relatively close enough to behave like single stars.<br /><br />For example, with Tatooine, you've got a planet orbiting a close pair. That's stable. But to add a third star, it must be far enough away from the first two that they're effectively a single point. That'll make it far enough that it doesn't show a disk, although it may still be bright enough to light up the night brighter than a normal office conference room.<br /><br />Add a fourth star, and it either needs to closely orbit #3 or else be way, way far out there. <br /><br />So the upshot is that for most stories, you shouldn't have more than one or two stellar disks in the sky.Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com