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Ultimate Solar System contains 60 Earths in a Binary System
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Actually, I'm somewhat leery of binary planets existing where one or both is tidally-locked to its primary (in the case of the red dwarf configuration described in the article) because of the low values of planetary angular momentum. IMO, the planets would, as their rotation slowed, move farther from their co-orbiting partner until they escaped beyond their partner's Hill sphere radius.

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RE: Ultimate Solar System contains 60 Earths in a Binary System - by radtech497 - 06-04-2014, 10:49 AM

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