Has anyone found an Earth like planet with an Earth like moon orbiting it?
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Yes but can't remember where.
No, but I did find an Earth-like with a moon-sized terraformable that looked almost earth-like.
Can't remember where (somewhere near the Heart Nebula, I think), and no screenie - but it did happen ... really!
Can't remember where (somewhere near the Heart Nebula, I think), and no screenie - but it did happen ... really!
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There's a system like that in inhabited space, check the exploration gems link's op in my sig
I came across an Alliance system that had a pair of earth-like objects - I don't have the map available to validate though so not sure if it was moon or binary planet arrangement. The exact name escapes me but something like Arques or Arque.
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Name confirmed as Arque from drkaii's gem post. Binary planet but pretty neat none the less
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Name confirmed as Arque from drkaii's gem post. Binary planet but pretty neat none the less
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Satelites will be connected as a T on the main planet whereas binary will be connected with a Π shaped line.
I think the point was how do you decide when something stops being a T and becomes a Π
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/barycenter/en/
http://zidbits.com/2011/09/the-earth-doesnt-actually-orbit-the-sun/
Oh, excuse me.
A tl;dr and basic explanation for that would be:
Planet-Satellite: Body X (planet) rotates around a star, body Y (satellite) rotates around body X.
Binary: Body X and Body Y both rotate around a central (non-material) axis. Said axis rotates around a star.
Obviously the examples given aren't that precise in the scientific sense, but they should give a basic idea of the principle for the viewers who don't want to delve deeper into it. It can then be applied between stars themselves,have both applied at the same time, etc.
For those who want to educate themselves, your links will more than suffice.
