Sanghi et al. arxiv find a 8 M_J super-Jupiter around one of the stars of the nearby 61 Cygni AB system! Depending on the planets' orbit (5-11 a.u.), it might disrupt the habitable zone of that star. Which just means the Tellarites have to live on a planet orbiting the other star... 🪐😉🐷
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Worlds Next Door. V. A Candidate Solar System Scale Super-Jupiter in the 61 Cygni Binary System
We present new constraints on a candidate third companion in the 61 Cygni binary system-one of the closest neighbors to our solar system (3.5 pc), the first stars to have a measured parallax, and two ...
