Can FD add one more real star system into game?

Ivanoff Alex

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TIC 168789840

I've found an article about one unique star system,
It will be great to add possibility to reach it in the game.

TIC 168789840: A Sextuply-Eclipsing Sextuple Star System

We report the discovery of a sextuply-eclipsing sextuple star system from TESS data, TIC 168789840, also known as TYC 7037-89-1, the first known sextuple system consisting of three eclipsing binaries. The target was observed in Sectors 4 and 5 during Cycle 1, with lightcurves extracted from TESS Full Frame Image data. It was also previously observed by the WASP survey and ASAS-SN. The system consists of three gravitationally-bound eclipsing binaries in a hierarchical structure of an inner quadruple system with an outer binary subsystem. Follow-up observations from several different observatories were conducted as a means of determining additional parameters. The system was resolved by speckle interferometry with a 0."42 separation between the inner quadruple and outer binary, inferring an estimated outer period of ~2 kyr. It was determined that the fainter of the two resolved components is an 8.217 day eclipsing binary, which orbits the inner quadruple that contains two eclipsing binaries with periods of 1.570 days and 1.306 days. MCMC analysis of the stellar parameters has shown that the three binaries of TIC 168789840 are "triplets", as each binary is quite similar to the others in terms of mass, radius, and Teff. As a consequence of its rare composition, structure, and orientation, this object can provide important new insight into the formation, dynamics, and evolution of multiple star systems. Future observations could reveal if the intermediate and outer orbital planes are all aligned with the planes of the three inner eclipsing binaries.
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Sapyx

Sapyx
Well, this sort of star configuration - six stars arranged in three binary pairs, two pairs close together and the third at a much more remote distance - isn't particularly rare or unique. That the three binary pairs appear to be composed of similar stars - three F-type primaries orbited by three K-type secondaries - is perhaps slightly more unusual, but if you want another real-world star system with much the same orbital configuration, check out the Castor system, both in real life and in ED. "The only "interesting" thing about TIC 168789840, from the point of view of these scientists, is that the orbital planes of all three binary pairs are roughly aligned with Earth, meaning that, from Earth's perspective, they're all eclipsing binaries.

As for the question of "Adding it to the game": if you can figure out a procedurally-generated star system that's in approximately the correct location that can be sacrificed so that TIC 168789840 can be substituted, go right ahead and nominate one. But FD cannot simply "Add it to the galaxy" without deleting the entire galaxy and starting again. But it's still an awful lot of work for FD to do, for a star system that, frankly, isn't spectacularly interesting.

The good news is, this star system is about 1400 LY away, so it wouldn't disrupt inhabited space by editing it.
 
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