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rman

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Mon Feb-13-06 07:41 AM
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10. Double stars are not necessarily "twins"

In fact most are not.

If the sun has a companion star it may well be a red dwarf in an orbit outside the oort cloud, in which case it would not be easily detectable (and certainly not visible to the unaided eye).

Because the earth is not round (its mass not distributed evenly), a companion star may very well be the cause or one the the causes of the wobble.

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