goldglow Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 It's highly improbable, but i'm thinking of a binary star system wherein both stars are identical in all properties,( size, mass etc. ), but just not near enough to cause each other any gravitational disturbance or exchange of matter, and a planet is situated exactly at the barycenter of the two stars and , so, in effect, the stars are orbiting the planet ( sorry Copernicus! ). Would that planet be completely immobile in space and/or affected in other ways by the gravity of those stars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 That is called a Lagrange point. It is highly unstable. http://www.space.com/30302-lagrange-points.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldglow Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) Question answered. Thank you, Strange. ( And Mr. Lagrange! ). Edited May 22, 2017 by goldglow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Question answered. Thank you, Strange. ( And Mr. Lagrange! ). technically I think it was Count Lagrange - Napoleon made him a comte de l’Empire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldglow Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 technically I think it was Count Lagrange - Napoleon made him a comte de l’Empire Ha,ha! Merci beaucoup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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