What about planets orbiting planets (no star) "solar" systems...

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Scott Evil — 7/1/2005 9:37:10 PM (archived)

I know they wouldn't be solar systems... But what would they be? Exo-solar systems? Brown dwarf systems? Super Jovian systems? Cold planet systems?

Doubtful there would be life in such systems, but then who knows... Maybe tidal forces or radio-active decay would be enough to generate life supporting geo-thermal heat.

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Impossible exoplanet? - Raoul - 6/30/2005 9:04:39 PM
- Fortunately, no one told the planet that such a thing was "impossible" - Larry J - 7/4/2005 7:01:42 PM
  - Another inventor of the impossible, or so we are told... - ljk - 7/5/2005 12:02:03 PM
- Maybe somewhere, Ptolemy was right... - LJK - 7/1/2005 2:21:51 AM
  - Upper size limit for "heavy planets" like this new one? - Buck Galaxy - 7/1/2005 6:15:32 AM
    - Dark Solar Systems - Robert Bradbury - 7/1/2005 5:05:05 PM
      - What about planets orbiting planets (no star) "solar" systems... - Scott Evil - 7/1/2005 9:37:10 PM
        
        They're called "moons", you know... (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 7/2/2005 5:06:48 AM
        
        Can I do the nerd joke? - ljk - 7/5/2005 12:08:30 PM
    - re: Upper size limit for "heavy planets" like this new one? - Robert Bradbury - 7/1/2005 4:52:32 PM
  - re: Maybe somewhere, Ptolemy was right... - gbaikie - 7/1/2005 4:31:46 AM
    - re: Maybe somewhere, Ptolemy was right... - Robert Bradbury - 7/1/2005 4:13:22 PM
      - Not quite under the skin - Adam - 7/5/2005 11:05:36 AM
      - Transiting Hot Saturn Around HD 149026 With a Large Dense Core - LJK - 7/4/2005 4:20:04 PM

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