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October 06, 2013

Nearby binary star system gets officially confirmed third member
Rochester, N.Y. (UPI) Oct 4, 2013
The nearby star system Fomalhaut, with its exoplanet and dusty debris disk, is not just a double star, it's an unusual triple star, a U.S astronomer reports. Eric Mamajek, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester, and his collaborators found a star significantly distant from the Fomalhaut pair is in fact part of a three star system. "I noticed this third star a couple of years ago when I was plotting the motions of stars in the vicinity of Fomalhaut for another ... read more

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