# In a galaxy far far away... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490 "2011-09-16T06:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/1 "2011-09-16T06:13:12Z")
… a planet orbits [two suns.](http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6049/1602) \*We report the detection of a planet whose orbit surrounds a pair of low-mass stars. Data from the Kepler spacecraft reveal transits of the planet across both stars, in addition to the mutual eclipses of the stars, giving precise constraints on the absolute dimensions of all three bodies. The planet is comparable to Saturn in mass and size and is on a nearly circular 229-day orbit around its two parent stars. The eclipsing stars are 20 and 69% as massive as the Sun and have an eccentric 41-day orbit. The motions of all three bodies are confined to within 0.5° of a single plane, suggesting that the planet formed within a circumbinary disk. \* George Lucas is a visionary.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/2 "2011-09-16T07:06:14Z")
Yeah, now all we need is for this Saturn-sized planet to have a Titan-sized moon and we’re cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/3 "2011-09-16T07:17:30Z")
Be that as it may, Han shot first. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/4 "2011-09-16T08:47:20Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Be that as it may, Han shot first. Actually, in the version I saw (there are so many), Han shot _only_! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/5 "2011-09-16T10:04:53Z")
Does the Saturn-sized mass indicate that it’s a gas giant? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/6 "2011-09-16T12:36:21Z")
_Channelling inner six-year old_ I hear that there’s gas-clouds around Uranus. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/7 "2011-09-16T13:00:21Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Yeah, now all we need is for this Saturn-sized planet to have a Titan-sized moon and we’re cooking. That’s no _moon…_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/8 "2011-09-16T22:28:32Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > _Channelling inner six-year old_ > I hear that there’s gas-clouds around Uranus. _Channeling inner Farnsworth_ Urectum ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/9 "2011-09-17T18:53:58Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > _Channeling inner Farnsworth_ > > Urectum Wrecked him? Darn near killed him. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/10 "2011-09-17T20:06:34Z")
_More childish humor_ What does toilet paper have in common with the USS Enterprise? They both circle Uranus looking for Klingons. Ba-dum-bump. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/11 "2011-09-18T02:00:45Z")
Dirty! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/596490/12 "2011-09-18T03:15:46Z")
If there’s a bright center of the galaxy, that’s the planet it’s furthest from.