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Exoplanet with two ‘suns’ is even more unique than Tatooine. Like something from 'Star Wars,' 2M1510 is in a rare perpendicular orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs. By Andrew Paul.
Just as Luke Skywalker watched two suns set from his sandy home planet Tatooine, a newly discovered planet called 2M1510 is circling its own twin stars some 120 light years away from our Solar System.
In the "Star Wars" universe, Luke Skywalker famously came from the planet of Tatooine, which had two suns and double sunsets.Tatooine is in a circumbinary orbit, which means that it doesn't orbit ...
By Chris Dyer. A new solar system has been found where planets orbit two suns - just like Luke Skywalker's home in "Star Wars.". Astronomers say the rare find is only the second ever solar system ...