"Circumbinary planets" refers to planets that orbit around two stars instead of just one.
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- Munoz and Lai suggest scouting for exoplanet - caused disturbances for compact binary star systems, to determine a new population of circumbinary planets. (sciencedaily.com)
- The findings help explain why astronomers have detected few circumbinary planets — which orbit stars that in turn orbit each other — despite observing thousands of short - term binary stars, or ones with orbital periods of 10 days or less. (sciencedaily.com)
- New research from the University of Washington indicates that certain shot - period binary star systems eject circumbinary planets as a consequence of the host stars» evolution. (sciencedaily.com)
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