Sunday, September 18, 2011

Planet orbits 2 suns

Just this week a planet was discovered orbiting 2 suns.  Read the following link and leave your thoughts.

Planet orbits 2 suns

115 comments:

  1. I think that it's pretty cool that they name it Tatooine after the planet in star wars because it has two suns.

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  2. Wow. That is so wierd. I've heard of other planets circleing one sun, but never two. It's so cool to think about.

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  3. i thinks thats pretty kool because its circling 2 suns whats next 3 suns i think its funny they named it after a planet from star wars

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  4. I think it is very wierd that a planet can orbit 2 suns. And it is even more interesting that it also was in a movie.

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  5. I think its really cool that one planet can orbit two suns. Mabey will find another planet orbiting three.

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  6. I think that it is a little weird, I have never heard about a planet that orbits two sun. I wonder if they know how old the planet is...?

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  7. I think it is strange that a planet can orbit two stars without burning up in flames. Can't the two stars hit and form together making it the size of a big red giant ball of gas.

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  8. @ross thats wat i thout 2

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  9. That's really weird. I have never heard of something like that before. At least they picked a nice name from star wars.

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  10. Wow thats so cool! It must be really hot on that planet. However I wonder how long a full orbit takes?

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  11. @dylan noble i agree it is weird and i hade no clue it was in a movie

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  12. i think that is an amazing dicovery i always thought of one sun but never two i wonder if we will ever have it shine on the earth what if one sun shines on one side and one on the other then it would be day time all the time but that would be crazy and i dont thin kthat would ever happen.

    ~Taylar Herbers

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  13. I agre with @Dalles maby they can

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  14. The thought of a planet with two suns is weird,not to mention it's named after the Star Wars planet

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  15. I think that is fascinating how a planet can orbit 2 suns. I'm surprised the planet hasn't caught on fire. I wonder if there will be another planet orbiting even more than 2 suns.

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  16. @Wade
    It would be funny if they found another planet but it would have three suns...

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  17. I wonder how the planet orbits both suns and are the days a lot longer? I bet the planet is a desert planet because it is so hot it would have to be.

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  18. That is one cool planet. How cool would that be to have double sunsets. I dont remember any thing from star wars about a planet with double suns but that is cool any way

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  19. @Dallas Blasek thats what I was thinking about too why the planet didn't burn up.

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  20. I think its cool that they found a planet orbiting two suns and really weird that something like was in a movie, I wonder how long it's been there , and why they have never seen it before, they've been looking in space forever.

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  21. @ brooke chesney,
    I was wondering the same thing! How do they know how old the planet is?

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  22. @Nate Horning
    I wonder the same thing Nate,How long does it take to orbit the sun's

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  23. @Nate

    yeah i wonder how long an orbit around would take?
    ~Taylar Herbers

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  24. @ ross campbell
    That is a neat idea about a planet orbiting three suns i would like to see that happen.

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  25. after i read that article i was a little astonished that they named it after a planet in Star wars, but was ecstatic to hear such a thing. I never thought that there would ever be a planet orbiting two suns that's something out of a fiction novel like the article said.

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  26. I think thats really cool. But i wonder how hot the planet is or if the suns are not as hot as ours. i think its wierd they named it after the planet in star wars.

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  27. @Maddie Lindemann
    I think there is another planet out there with 2 suns somewhere far far away in another galaxcy.

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  28. @ lorriane

    Yeah I think it would be pretty awesome to see the double sunsets.

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  29. That sounds cool I mean how is that possible? I guess it got pulled into both suns gravitaional pull. So it switches from one gravitaional pull to the other. It sound weird and confusing but cool.

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  30. @ Nate

    Yeah i wonder how long an orbit takes too. probably a long time?

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  31. That is really interesting. It would be so cool to be on that planet and see two sunsets.

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  32. @ Bryant Winters

    I agree, how long would the days be?

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  33. Mrs Hoffman,
    I think the discovery of the new planet orbiting 2 suns is very awkward. I think it is awkward because you would think the planet would have blown up from the heat. That's what i have to say about the new planet

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  34. @ Julia Glenn

    Yea, why haven't they discovered it til now. It's probably been there for a while.You would think they would have discovered more because they are always in space.

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  35. @ Maddie Lindemann

    I agree about how there could be a planet orbiting more than two suns. but the idea that that planet could catch on fire, i never heard of a planet doing that.

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  36. I think that it is really cool that a planet can orbit multiple stars. I know I would love to see a double sunset or sunrise. Two suns come up, two suns come down. If the Earth were to orbit two suns, I wonder if there would still be life on Earth, or would it be too hot?

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  37. I think that's awesome! I wonder if that planet has a "night time" because it orbits 2 suns. I like how they named it Tatooine, like on Star Wars. I hope to here more about this planet as scientists discover more about it.

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  38. @ Liz Scarlato

    I agree that the science of orbiting two suns would be confusing. I wonder how long a day would be.

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  39. @ Brooke Chesney
    Tou're right. It would be cool to see how old the planet was.

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  40. @ Nate:

    I agree with you totally. I was wondering the exact same thing! I didn't even think about the atmosphere on the planet, but I think it would be really hot like you said.

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  41. I think that that's really weird that a planet orbits 2 suns!!! Does that mean that if someone lived on that planet that they would see 2 suns?? I read a book where there were two moons, but not two suns!! That's really weird!!!

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  42. @ Alex Stevens

    That's a really good question, I wonder what WOULD happen if we were to orbit 2 stars!!

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  43. @ Matthew Murphy
    I agree.

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  44. @Wasde

    Ive never watched Star Wars before but it is pretty funny!!

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  45. I didn't think it was possible but apparently it is. I think it is really cool a planet can orbit more than one sun.

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  46. I think it's name is wierd. But i think it is cool that it orbits 2 suns

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  47. @ jesse
    I don't get how this and star wars are alike

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  48. I think that's really cool that a planet orbits two suns. How dose that happen? i mean really that's odd..

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  49. I think it is pretty bizarre that a planet is orbiting 2 suns. I believe that the planet will eventually run into one of the stars and possibly explode.

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  50. I never would think of a planet orbiting two suns. I think that is pretty cool. I wonder how many other planets do the same thing?

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  51. Wow! A planet orbiting two suns, I wonder what the conditions on that planet are. So I suspect the planet is orbiting one smaller sun that's orbiting a bigger sun, just like our moon! I wonder if soon that larger sun will attract any other planets and we'll have another solar system, possibly even life if the right conditions form, but that's going to be a while from now. I'm sure the current planet orbiting the two suns wont ever be able to sustain life because it's so close to the suns.

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  52. @Jenny K
    If we were to orbit around to suns i think we would melt...OH NO WERE MELTING!!!(;

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  53. @ Alex
    I think it would be to hot if we weren't farther away since there is 2 stars. Wouldn't that mean we need to be 2 times away? What would happen with three...? I bet there would be an explosion!!! FUN

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  54. Wow, I wonder if it moves in an egg shape or a shape or some other weird shape. I wonder how far it is from the to suns and how big the suns are. I wonder if they will soon find a planet that orbits 9 or 10 or even more suns.

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  55. I think its pretty interesting that a planet could orbit around 2 suns I thought you could only orbit around 1 sun. I think its pretty cool that they named it after a planet on stars wars that because it has 2 suns.

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  56. that would be so cool but it would probably more time during the day and it would probably harder to track time too

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  57. @Sara Bloemker: I know, its really cool, how does one sun orbit another sun, and still be carrying a planet with it? Do you think any other planets will fall in orbit with the suns and possible form life? That would mean we have aliens! And it would prove that we cant possibly be the only things out there if this is happening now.

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  58. That is odd. I didnt know a planet can orbit two suns? Its kinda strange, I wonder how how old it is?

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  59. @ Sara Bloemker...
    I would hate to be that hot, however I think we would die or burn before we melted.

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  60. @ Jenna
    OMG I bet you are so right about that moon thing. There wasn't enough in that article to verify but I LOVE that idea. WE NEED MORE INFO.

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  61. I wouldnt want that to happen will is right i woukld hate to have longer time in the day plus its going to be brighter in the day maybe and how did they know that happened?

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  62. @ Sarab Bloemker
    I agree with you! It is odd but cool ! I wonder how it happens also, (:

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  63. @bailey

    I agree i think that the planet will eventually run into one the suns i wonder if one of the stars orbits the other star

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  64. @sarah colwell

    I agree, I wonder if they would try to see how old it is...

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  65. @Sara Bloemker

    I think that if we orbited around two suns wouldn't we be dead by now?Why are we MELTING!

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  66. That is pretty neat that it they named it after a scene in a movie. I would be weird to live on a planet that orbited 2 suns. I wonder how long it is daylight there. I wonder if there is any planets that orbit three suns.

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  67. Tatooine is a cool name, but I wouldn't expect a planet to be named after a name in Star Wars. But it cool that we found another planet. I wonder how the planet revolves around two suns. Maybe Tatooine orbits a smaller sun like the moon orbits Earth. Then smaller sun is orbiting a bigger sun like Earth orbits the Sun. (Sorry if I confussed you)

    (PS: Is 200 light-years 200 Earth year?)

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  68. I think that is really cool how one planet is orbiting two suns. i wonder how that works? i hope to find out more about this.

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  69. @ Will Smith
    I agree it would be so cool. I would think they have a lot more daylight there. I t would be so hard to track time there.

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  70. @Jen Bertke
    I BE LOVIN THE ALIENS!!(: But really do you think we will ever find life on another planet?..

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  71. @ Jonathan
    that would be interesting to see how long there is day light and darkness on a planet that orbits two suns

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  72. @Jonathan Finny


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  73. @ Katerine
    I would rather freeze than burn but i guess we get no say in what happens.. What would happen if the sun exploded would we burn or freeze.??

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  74. @ Angel Conway

    That's pretty scary, a planet running into a star and exploding =(. But I doubt that'll happen. It is kind of strange how that'll work, a planet orbiting two suns. Mabey we should research it =D.

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  75. I think it is cool how a planet can have 2 suns. I wonder if it is very bright there, and if it is very hot there.

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  76. @ Charleey..
    I hope we dont melt..IM TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!..aha..but really what do you think would happen to us if we orbited to suns

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  77. @ Katherine

    Thats a good thought about how it orbits. I think since it would orbit around two suns, the shape might be different than our orbit, what do you think ?

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  78. @ SARAAAHH COLEWELL
    WHY COMMENT TO ME..YOU LITERALLY SIT RIGHT BEHIND ME!?!? Im kinda confused on this planet thingy..but anyway..what are your thoughts?..

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  79. @ Lex Mcafee
    I also think it is odd that somebody would name a planet from something from star wars.

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  80. @ Lex
    I would research it but stupid nasa didn't give any more info. 8P

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  81. @ Sara Bloemker
    I did comment. Hahahah.
    We arent melting ! (;

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  82. @ Matthew
    If you don't put Angel at least spell my name right!!! B-A-I-L-E-E!!! not e-y. GOSH

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  83. @Sara Bloemker: I bet we WOULD melt because we were so close to TWO suns. I don't know what would happen if we orbited two suns, our days, months, and years would most likely be out of whack and there's no telling what the gravity would be like, not to mention the heat and brightness!!! But maybe the orbit could stabilize and new plants could fall into orbit and create another solar system, possible with another planet full of life!

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  84. I think it is so cool that they have found a new planet that orbits 2 suns. I can't belive that with all the technology we have today that we are just finding this new undiscoverd planet!

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  85. @Finn
    Yeah i wander if it is daytime all the time that would get old but it would be cool if it was daytime all day long. There is 1 planet that is orbiting 3 three stars

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  86. @ Maggie Hoover
    I know right, they should find out !

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  87. @Sara Bloemker

    I am too young and to small to die but you are too tall to die!

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  88. @ W!ll $m!th
    Very funny. SHOW ME HOW PJ BOY. I agree the days would be uber long. 8P

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  89. i think that if you where on the new planet the days would be very long and the nights would be rely short

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  90. @ Lex
    THEN NAME YOUR KID THAT.
    not so cool now huh?

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  91. @Jonathan Finn
    That would be really cool to see how much daylight that new planet will get.

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  92. @ Charleeey
    I could die i wouldnt be missed..:(

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  93. I think that is kinda weird and cool. I didn't know a planet could orbit 2 suns at the same time and its even weirder that there are 2 suns.

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  94. I think that is cool because i would love to see a double sunset on our planet.Also i didnt even knoe that was possible.

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  95. I think thats cool because we found a new planet tatoonie that orbits two suns. Also thats awesome theres two suns.

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  96. @ sarah Colwel
    I agree with you that i want to kknow how old it is

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  97. I think that it's pretty cool that they name it Tatooine after the planet in star wars because it has two suns

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  98. @Magie
    I wander if there is any other planets that do that too?.

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  99. @ sarah Colwel
    I agree with you that i want to know how old the plant is.

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  100. @ Matthew Murphy I agree with you that is alittle astonished theres two suns and I never thought there was going to be two suns, and a new planet orbits both of them. That is also wierd they are naming it after a planet in star wars.

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  101. i think its cool that they discovered that.i would love to see the outer space

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  102. It is cool how it is orbiting two suns. But it is cool that it is a planet to.

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  103. @ Matt Schapker why dose it sound like you want to see the moon as much as me?

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  104. WOW... thats really cool! Ive never heard of this happen before. I think the names are funny because they named it after a star wars movie. I think this might leave a mark in history for scientists

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  105. @jenna Bertke

    hey...yeah i totally agree with. I would like to know what kind of life can live there, beacuse its ways to hot. But I would like to know what the living conditions are.

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  106. I think its cool and weird at the same time. I never knew a planet could orbit 2 suns! I think its cool how they got the name from Star Wars!

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  107. @jalynn
    I wonder the same ...does the planet have a night time?

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  108. @Nate
    I was wondering the same thing how long does it take for the planet to get a full orbit in?

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  109. Wow, thats really weird how the planet is circling around 2 suns but us on earth can only see 1 of those. I wonder how this sun showed up? When did it show up? I would of never thought that there would be 2 suns.

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  110. @ corey allen
    I agree with you corey because this might go into history because it`s new and the scientists have to study it. How would they study it though?

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  111. @ Matthew Murphy
    I agree I would never have guessed that they would name a planet after starwars.

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  112. I think it is intresting that the planets somehow got in an orbit and continuously rotate around the sun. I think it is cool how the earth was lucky enough to create its own atmosphere and gravity.

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  113. @ Andrea Schwab

    I agree it is cool that they found a planet with 2 suns.

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  114. @ Matthew Budde

    I think that it is cool how it was named after starwars.But it may be that starwars was named after that.

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  115. that is really wierd and cool i didn't know a planet could orbit two suns.

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