Planet with four suns discovered

[BrowningBAR]

Science has been coming up with some really cool crap, lately.

Astronomers have found a planet whose skies are illuminated by four different suns - the first known of its type.

The distant world orbits one pair of stars and has a second stellar pair revolving around it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19950923

 

[begreen]

That planet "might" just be warm enough for you BB.

 

[BrowningBAR]

Oh, I'm okay with it being cold. I just like my warmth "on-demand" and plentiful!

And cheap. Very, very cheap.

 

[ironpony]

report I saw said 2 suns.hmmmmmmmmmm
must be a planet full of women folk
IP runs and hides, behind his pellet stash

 

[Realstone]

report I saw said 2 suns.hmmmmmmmmmm
must be a planet full of women folk
IP runs and hides, behind his pellet stash

A man will work to dusk from dawn, but a woman's work is never done?

 

[jharkin]

I thought I read someplace that binary stars are actually much more common that singles. Never heard of a ... what would it be... "quadrary" ?

 

[DAKSY]

Geez. What SPF do ya use there? (3000 posts!)

 

[BrowningBAR]

I thought I read someplace that binary stars are actually much more common that singles. Never heard of a ... what would it be... "quadrary" ?

Not just four stars, but the placement of the four stars is also odd. Pretty neat stuff.

 

[Realstone]

Yeah, just imagine: you are rotating around two stars that are rotating around each other. Outside your stellar orbit are two more stars, rotating each other while rotating your primary binary stars. All this will make your orbit eccentric and probably very irregular, so your seasons would not be the same each year. And the bizarre sunrises & sunsets.

 

[BrotherBart]

All this will make your orbit eccentric and probably very irregular...

So will getting into your sixties.

 

[DAKSY]

So will getting into your sixties.

Sorta reminds me of the sixties...I think...

 

[Realstone]

So will getting into your sixties.

Prunes Bart. Not sure what to advise about the eccentric part though...

 

[MasterMech]

Betcha Solar is a viable energy source there. I highly doubt they have night as we know it.