Circumbinary planet

A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two stars instead of one. The two stars orbit each other in a binary system, while the planet typically orbits farther from the center of the system than either of the two stars. In contrast, circumstellar planets in a binary system have stable orbits around one of the two stars,^[1] closer in than the orbital distance of the other star (see Habitability of binary star systems). Studies in 2013 showed that there is a strong hint that a circumbinary planet and its stars originate from a single disk.^[2]

^ Holman, Matthew J.; Wiegert, Paul A. (1999). "Long-Term Stability of Planets in Binary Systems". The Astronomical Journal. 117 (1): 621–628. arXiv:astro-ph/9809315. Bibcode:1999AJ....117..621H. doi:10.1086/300695. S2CID 291029. Planets have been detected about 55ρ1 Cancri, τ Bootis, and 16 Cygni B, all of which have companion stars.
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[1] Holman, Matthew J.; Wiegert, Paul A. (1999). "Long-Term Stability of Planets in Binary Systems". The Astronomical Journal. 117 (1): 621–628. arXiv:astro-ph/9809315. Bibcode:1999AJ....117..621H. doi:10.1086/300695. S2CID 291029. Planets have been detected about 55ρ1 Cancri, τ Bootis, and 16 Cygni B, all of which have companion stars.

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