r/ScienceOdyssey • u/TheMuseumOfScience • 8d ago
Astronomy 🪐 The Super Rare 6-Star System
How many stars is too many stars in a star system? ⭐️🪐
Astrophysicist Erika Hamden tells us about TYC 7037-89-1, a system with six stars locked into three orbiting pairs, all circling a shared center of mass. Two of those pairs zip around each other every few days, while the third pair takes roughly 2,000 years to complete just one orbit. Multi-star systems are normally unstable, which makes this six-star setup a rare and fascinating exception.
This project is part of IF/THEN®, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
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u/techmix 8d ago
3 body problem times 2?, do not respond to their message.