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Ah, that makes sense. How about a set-up similar to Mars, with two moons in orbit around the planet? As opposed to one moon in orbit around another moon which orbits the planet. Say these two moons are tidally locked too, however one is much further out. The larger moon (Moon A) takes, say, 28...

I gave the duration of the orbits in the original post: Body A is tidally locked to body B, completing one orbit in 7 days Body B is tidally locked to body C, completing one orbit in 29 days Body B would look to an observer on body C like our moon, as the orbital duration is unchanged. It's...

So in a case where body A (smallest) is tidally locked to body B (medium), which is in turn tidally locked to Body C (large planet), how would body A appear from the planet (body C), if it's orbit around body B is 7 days?

Consider the following; We have Earth with two moons in orbit (discounting the existence of our own moon for the sake of this hypothetical scenario). One moon is the size and mass of Pluto, orbiting around 70,000km from Earth. The other is the size and mass of Pluto's moon, Charon, orbiting...

Thanks for your reply, Magna. Yeah I realize now it is quite a difficult question I am asking! As the Rosette has a 65 light year radius, I was initially thinking of placing the planet around 2-4 light years from the nebula. I'm speculating that even at such a distance, a nebula that is 65...

Hi everyone. I would like to apologise in advance for my inherent lack of information in regards to what I am about to ask. I do not have a great understanding of the physics of the universe and such, but I suppose that is partially the reason for forums - to expand knowledge! Anyway, I...

Thank you for your responses, it has been very helpful to me!

Hi everyone, I signed up just to ask you guys a quick question, as most of you will know infinitely more than I do on this subject. I'm not an astrophysicist, I have a strong interest in the universe and cosmology, but it's more of a hobby for me than a central focus, so I apologise in...