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Can a Planet Orbit One Star in a Binary Star System?

Yes. Planets that orbit a single star in a binary star system are called “non-circumbinary planets”. In general, a…

The precession of the Earth’s orbital axis, with a period of about 26000 years, slowly changes the position of…

I think that you can derive the information you are looking for by noting that: (1) Since the moons…

I believe that this question has been addressed in a previous answer to a question about the Orbital Period…

This question has been answered very thoroughly on Astronomy.com. As the Moon stabilizes the Earth’s axial tilt and drives…

In fact, both the Newtonian and General Relativistic (due to Einstein) theories of gravitation are correct on large scales. …

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