Habitable zones around binary stars.

Subject: Habitable zones around binary stars.

Date: Thu Jul 26 22:47:50 2007
Posted by Nyeshet
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Area of science: Astronomy
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HD 98800 and HD 188753 have made me curious as to how binary star habitable
zones work. Could 2 K type stars have a habitable zone similar to a single G2
star? Would 2 G2 stars' habitable zone be much less or more than a single G2
star? Is there an equation for generalizing this? (ie: star a is mass x, star b
is mass y, they are c distance apart, treat as 1 star of mass z to determine hz)

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