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NASA Discovers Planet With 2 Suns

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Imax

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Sep 17, 2011

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see

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/09/16/kepler_16b_nasa_discovers_planet_with_two_suns_like_tatooine_in_.html

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KrisOhn

Sep 17, 2011

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Already been posted.

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=530741

Imax

Sep 17, 2011

#3

But in the animation, the planet rotates counter clockwise to the rotating red dwarf.

twistedspark

Sep 17, 2011

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Imax said:

But in the animation, the planet rotates counter clockwise to the rotating red dwarf.

The animator was imaging it from the opposite vantage point.

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