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"Big surprise": astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars (www.eso.org)
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[โ€“] Bldck@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not exactly. In the novel/tv show the Three Bodies are stars that are interacting with a fourth object, the planet Trisolaris.

Because the movements of the three suns are unpredictable, they never know when the climate of the planet will be habitable.

[โ€“] anguo@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

Yes, I remember now that I thought "that's a four body problem" when I read it.