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Re:'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated f... by bloopernova on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @10:29AM (#39539189)
3 planets orbiting a common barycentre would be very cool. I think something like that was mentioned in the Peter F Hamilton "Night's Dawn" trilogy of sci-fi books.
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Re:'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated f... by pavel_lishin on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @11:05AM (#39539746)
Larry Niven's Known Space features a series of planets orbiting a common center like that; it's a grand engineer project, and a lifeboat of sorts.
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Re:'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated f... by Zanni on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @11:18AM (#39539989)
A pentagonal form of a Klemperer rosette (first thing I thought of also): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemperer_rosette
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