capella

[brazilian_and_proud]

does the star of capella hosts any planets, and if it does is there a chance life could thrive there??????

 

[PistolPete]

It depends on how far apart the two stars are. IIRC Alpha Centari are far enough apart that Earth-sized planets could orbit around both stars. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>

 

[brazilian_and_proud]

and that may be the planet that could hold life

 

[MeteorWayne]

According to what I just read, 16 Cygus B, a wide binary star has a planet orbiting around one of the stars. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[brazilian_and_proud]

is it a earth-sized planet or a jupiter 1?????

 

[MeteorWayne]

See this exoplanet <br /><br />Quick summary, 1.5 Jupiter masses, 1.7 AU (average, it's an eccentric orbit) away from the fainter star of the pair. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[brazilian_and_proud]

well this proves that planets can orbit binary stars...but thinking about it now i doubt that it can hold a full solar system like ours...

 

[MeteorWayne]

Ours is the only Solar system (our sun is Sol)<br /><br />What other stellar systems are composed of is what we are learning now, <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[brazilian_and_proud]

yea i know that thats what we're findin out but when will that nasa probe go to space to find the "habitable" planets???

 

[3488]

Another interesting fact, is that Capella was ejected from the Hyades star cluster. Capella shares the same proper motion & is the same age, but is travelling very slightly slower than the other members.<br /><br />Capella is a fascinating system. Yes both main members of Capella are evolving into the giant phase.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[qso1]

Just a visual of the stars in the Capellan system, all stars shown in approximate scale. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>