[net.physics] Multiple Star Solar Systems

lgondor (04/06/83)

The L4 and L5 planets would probably be the most likely for a binary
system, but one could imagine other configurations.  How about a distant
set of planets orbiting the common center of mass of a tight multiple
star system.  Something really wild: a planet in a figure of eight
orbit between  a loose binary.  The length of the night would decrease
to nothing at the passage between the pair of stars (might be some
problems with the increased heat input, though).