Monday, July 11, 2011

Can a planet have a figure-8 orbit path around a binary star system?

I have an orbital mechanics simulator program on my computer and the orbit I described appears to be a stable... I let it run for hundreds of "years" and it's still going strong. Can this happen in reality? Such a planet can even sustain life if the stars are far enough away. I would love to sit in a planetarium and see the sky on such a planet at various points in the year.

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