07-15-2015, 02:24 PM
A habitable planet (assuming an albedo of 0.306 and an Earth-like atmosphere) is possible in a 0.607 AU orbit around J093010B (the contact binary); the varying luminosity should not be too worrisome as long as the planet is rotating and the atmosphere can distribute the warming evenly. The mean surface temperature for such a planet is 278.302 K (about ten degrees cooler than Earth), still high enough to maintain water as a liquid.
This orbit is also well away from the orbits of the three other stars in the system, so there should not be a problem in that respect.
The relatively low metallicity (56.23% of Sol) favors the formation of a few lower-mass planets in the system, though there will probably be no more than one SubJovian as the most massive world.
Radtech497
This orbit is also well away from the orbits of the three other stars in the system, so there should not be a problem in that respect.
The relatively low metallicity (56.23% of Sol) favors the formation of a few lower-mass planets in the system, though there will probably be no more than one SubJovian as the most massive world.
Radtech497
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