Fun fact, the majority of stars in the universe are in binary pairs rather than on their own. It's also been shown planets can stably orbit them. Tatooine in star wars is the obvious calling point. Don't know how this would affect the temperature map and stuff, but I guess this could be for aesthetics only.
#Binary Star System
hardy fable
fossil tangle
Cool idea :D
hardy fable
Would be nice to have both this and single star systems possible
fossil tangle
Yes, we'll have to see what Ken thinks :) There's still a long way to go before the star systems
stoic sandal
Fun fact, the majority of stars in the universe are in binary pairs rather than ...
actually the orbit stability depends on how the stars orbit
are they orbiting eachother close together? far apart? os one orbiting the other closely or from afar?
its definitely possible and generally is but some systems cause planet orbits to be…erratic to say the least
binary, and even trinary or quadrinary systems would be great
(yes you can have star systems with 3 or 4 or rarely even 5 stars, the Alpha Centauri system being a possible example of a stable trinary system)
hardy fable
actually the orbit stability depends on how the stars orbit
Oh for sure, there's only certain configurations it works for
Also an addendum to this idea, but the stars could be different sizes, even dramatically different
stoic sandal
obviously lol
fossil tangle
I know that in reality they are common (as you have said) But for Gameplay reasons I think it would be cool if they were rare to find
ebon iris
Don’t planets have to orbit really far from a binary star system for the configuration to be stable?
Either that or the smaller star orbits really far from the star-planet system
stoic sandal
Don’t planets have to orbit really far from a binary star system for the configu...
not necessarily
it depends on how close together the stars are
ebon iris
I suppose
I remember I was making a planet once and I tried to have it be orbiting a binary star system but I could never find a system in the goldilocks zone that wasn’t tidally locked
Or like
In an orbital resonance
stoic sandal
remember that it doesn’t have to be an orbit ur used to for it to be stable
and we don’t necessarily have to have earth-like worlds in systems like these
ebon iris
That’s true
I know that Alpha Centauri B orbits farther out from Alpha Centauri A than Saturn from the sun
And Proxima Centauri is like as far as Pluto is from the sun
onyx cedar
Cool thing to experiment with but not priority