Re: Sun, stars, binary systems

From: pstanley55@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:39:09 -0300

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:48:35 +0100, "George Dishman"
<george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<pstanley55@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is our star (the sun) part of a binary star system?

No.

Is it possible that it once was, and that the other star is a dwarf
now and not detectable?

It was also suggested to me that one of our planets could have been
this other star. Can that make any sense at all?

Stan
.

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