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Old 03-21-2007, 09:21 AM   #31
Hack&Lube
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Originally Posted by worth View Post
A and B are 11AU at their closest point. So it's entirley possible for an earth like planet to orbit either star.

Alpha Centauri is pretty much exactly like our sun, thats why it's so interesting.


And it was more of a joke. I know there are just as many complications in traveling light years to a star system when we can barley get out of our own solar system.
Also for those curious, an AU is the space between the earth and the sun
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