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Re: can a moon sustain life in a solar system?

Re: can a moon sustain life in a solar system?  
Gene Ward Smith
From:Gene Ward Smith
Subject:Re: can a moon sustain life in a solar system?
Date:22 Jan 2005 13:47:09 -0800

Wayne Throop wrote:

> ( I assume you mean "an earth-mass planet orbiting a planet of N^3
> lunar masses at N times lunar distance, the pair orbiting about 1au

> from the star". Unless I'm not understanding the discussion
upthread. )

I wasn't making any assumptions about N, though of course we know it
can be at least as high as 1 and give stable orbits. By orbiting I
meant around the center of mass. How large can N get and still give us
stability?
   

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