Tatooine Times Two: Amateur Astronomers Find Planet in Four-Star System http://t.co/UzS4BIiE
October 16, 2012
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Tatooine Times Two: Amateur Astronomers Find Planet In Four-Star System | Wired Science | Wired.com
A group of volunteers using a citizen science astronomy website have discovered an extrasolar planet orbiting a record four stars. Scarcely a year ago, astronomers weren't sure if planets could exist in binar star systems, where two stars orbit one another.