Sentences with phrase «third faintest star»
These planets orbit the third faintest star of a triple star system.
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These planets orbit the third fainter star of a triple star system.
Not exact matches
Based on the infrared signature of the faint light, they found to their surprise that the glow seems to be created by second - and third - generation stars — stars created out of gas and dust that has been cooked in the hearts of very large, short - lived stars.
The discovery in 2016 of a planet, Proxima b, around Proxima Centauri, the third and faintest star of the Alpha Centauri system, adds even further impetus to this search.
Typically, this third star is brighter than the binary and corresponds to the observing target, whereas the binary is a faint background system.