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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by npunt on Thursday February 23, 2017 @12:59AM (#13711951)
I never realized Firefly was in a super-system. Gravity would rip that thing apart in an instant.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by kuschku on Thursday February 23, 2017 @08:45AM (#13713769)
They actually did numeric simulations of that system, and it seems to be stable for several millenia at least (their entire simulation time).
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