"Since most stars are in binary or multiple systems, being able to understand systems such as this one will help us understand planet formation in general," co-author Salvador Curiel Ramirez said.
The 3D modeling of a planet s orbit around a star in a binary star system is raising new questions about how both gas giant planets and binary stars form.
Scientists produced the first-ever determination of the complete, 3-dimensional structure of the orbits of a binary pair of stars and a planet orbiting one of them.
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