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How often do you see binary star systems like this?
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There are several binary systems, and I've been in a lot of them.
But like that one, I've only saw one, was tempted to fly between both stars so much
But like that one, I've only saw one, was tempted to fly between both stars so much
Dont do it, you're gonna blow your ship upBut like that one, I've only saw one, was tempted to fly between both stars so much
I've flown to many. Some are far enough you can fly between, it makes for interesting fuel scoop techniques.
Its not, those stars would indeed be deformed and twisted into each other
That is the Creators' new set of Chinese worry balls! They have worn out their last set (as the stellar material got deformed, etc.).
There's a system similar near LHS 3447, can't remember what it's called. I jumped into on my first or second day and found myself coming out hyperspace between the two stars... My first experience of escape vectors was interesting. But I survived to tell the tale.
I've had this happen too, I was certain that this is the end lol. Literally flew through a star.
I once tryed to scope between closeup binaryes. BAD IDEA! Scooping rate was unefected but the heat goes nuts - was right between them as i realized it, with full throttle i made it out with 180% heat and the heartrate of a kolibri...
It is possible. There are stars that are that close that can take hundreds and even hundreds of thousands of years to orbit one another. Why do I know this? Because I found a similar system and thought the same thing. So I did some research and it turns out that most binaries like this do not orbit each other at incredibly high speeds like you'd think, instead most orbit each other in slow procession. The reason they can do it is because the mass of the stars is almost identical, therefore the gravitational forces almost cancel each other out and the stars orbit a mutual point in space. Which is really hard to comprehend that this is even possible, but according to astronomers, it's not only possible - but very common.
They would spiral in. Gravity doesn't cancel out the way you think it does. You'd need a third mass or more to do that, but then you have the three body problem and everything gets complicated.
There are stars that orbit really close, but fast (5 hours is the usual cut-off for sun-like stars, less for red dwarfs).
There are stars that orbit really close, but fast (5 hours is the usual cut-off for sun-like stars, less for red dwarfs).
Yes and no. Most binaries are very far apart, just like you said. But there are binaries that are as close as those shown in this thread. They are called "contact binaries" and orbit each other quite rapidly, usually within in a few hours. And these would be deformed and sometimes even fused, just liked Mellom said.
Yeah those ones that orbit in the order of hundreds of years AREN'T the ones that are almost touching... Which would also be gravitationally distorted, not the perfect spheres we're seeing in the game.
IF they orbited slowly they'd just fall in together, like two magnetic balls that are close to each other, if they're moving fast enough they won't fall in together, but when their speed drops magnetism would take over and they'd move towards each other.
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No, you are wrong. Here's one example where the stars orbit very close to each other (but not as close as in this thread), and there's accretion disks and all sorts of fun stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Lyrae
and here is a non-simulated animation of those stars, do they look like in normal shape?
