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Re:Rare system of five stars discovered by vacri on Thursday July 09, 2015 @05:22AM (#9856905)
Five-star systems aren't rare at all, in fact, they're problematically common. Usually the issue is that with such a limited array of choices, people gravitate to one star or five stars, and you don't get much meaningful information from the resulting scores. Percentage-based systems give more flexibility and have a wider 'active zone', without being overwhelmingly complex - and people are much less likely to given min or max scores on such a scale.

vacri whistles innocently...

Re:Rare system of five stars discovered by zhte415 on Thursday July 09, 2015 @09:34AM (#9857742)
So you're saying 5-star systems are just like a binary?
Re:Rare system of five stars discovered by a3n on Thursday July 09, 2015 @08:38AM (#9857463)
Would orbit again.