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Einsteinian Gravity Explains Why Circumbinary Planets Are So Rare

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Source: Gizmodo
Einsteinian Gravity Explains Why Circumbinary Planets Are So Rare
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A new study shows general relativity alters the three-body dynamics around tight binary stars, progressively destabilizing circumbinary planets and helping explain their scarcity and the difficulty of detecting them.

Topics:sciencespace-and-spaceflight#circumbinary-planets#exoplanets#general-relativity#kepler-16b#space-and-spaceflight#three-body-problem
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  1. The 3-Body Problem Just Got an Upgrade—and You Can Thank Einstein  Gizmodo
  2. Why are Tatooine planets rare? General relativity explains why binary star systems rarely host planets  Phys.org
  3. Planets With Two Suns Are Almost Impossible To Find — General Relativity May Be Why  Discover Magazine
  4. Theory of Relativity vs. Tatooine: Close exoplanets around binary stars unstable  heise online
  5. Scientists finally have explanation for the missing planets of tight binary stars  Interesting Engineering

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