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Naru523
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« on: July 10, 2009, 09:09:35 PM »
Polaris, 7 times big as the Sun, is in the constellation of Ursa Minor. Polaris is a multiple star system, Polaris Ab, Polaris B orbiting Polaris. NASA found out that their is two more stars orbiting Polaris ( Mass and Diameter is unknown, though I made it up ). These stars we're from a cluster.

Polaris Ab is a dwarf, orbiting at 18 AU ( at Uranus's orbit ) to Polaris, explaining why its light is swamped by its close and much brighter companion.

Polaris B is a main sequence star, orbiting Polaris at 2400 AU. It can be seen with even a modest telescope.
* Ursa Minor - Polaris.xml (2.67 KB - downloaded 48 times.)
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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2009, 10:37:29 AM »
Awesome! I shall go try this out!



EDIT: Unfortunatly your system is unstable. AB gets thrown out!
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2009, 02:27:08 PM »
Thanks. Turns out C and D has to much mass.
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