An Exoplanet is Definitely Orbiting Two Stars - Universe Today universetoday storybywill
’s Kepler satellite using the transit method. This system was the most unexpected discovery made by Kepler. We chose to turn our telescope to Kepler-16 to demonstrate the validity of our radial-velocity methods.”
These findings indicate that disc-driven migration is a viable process and a relatively common occurrence.“Using this standard explanation it is difficult to understand how circumbinary planets can exist. That’s because the presence of two stars interferes with the protoplanetary disc, and this prevents dust from agglomerating into planets, a process called accretion.
Artist’s impression of a hypothetical planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system neighboring the Solar System. Credit: ESO
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