Our dream to wield a lightsaber or become a Jedi may be one we'll have to take to cinemas to even get a bit of satisfaction. However, those in astronomy have made bigger steps in making our Star Wars dream come true.
That's because astronomers have sotted what could be a planetary system that looks very much like Tatooine. The Tatooine planet is reportedly in orbit of two suns, as published by Nature Astronomy (via Phys Org).
And as fascinating as Tatooine's system is, the report does show a lot of contrasting characteristics, such as its high metal, silicon, and magnesium content, instead of high carbon content. This is highly suggestive of another similarity with Tatooine, which was highly rocky and terrain-driven.
"Building rocky planet around two suns is a challenge because the gravity of both stars can push and pull tremendously, preventing bits of rock and dust from sticking together and growing into full-fledged planets. With the discovery of asteroid debris in the SDSS 1557 system, we see clear signatures of rocky planet assembly via large asteroids that formed, helping us understand how rocky exoplanets are made in double star systems."
This is quite a nice discovery, one made even more unique with the finding that the white dwarf was not a single star.
Now, if only that planet will have three moons in its orbit as well.
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