• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Three star solar systems aren’t stable if they are the same size or they are on similar scale distances from each other meaning they pull on each other with the same forces no matter their size. They are chaotic and there is no Goldilocks zone around the stars.

    The only 3 star solar system with stable planetary orbits are either a stable binary star in the center with a third smaller sun orbiting around the binary star from far away. Or a big sun in the center and two smaller suns that are orbiting from far away.

    So if you are on a planet in a stable three stars solar system that is in the Goldilocks zone you’d probably have normal sunset sunrises either with one or two suns. But you’d see a big star or two in the night sky passing on certain days, you’d probably see the star during the day as well. Like you see the moon on certain days during the day.