Science
‘Sextuply-eclipsing sextuple star system’ discovered whirling through the Milky Way – Livescience.com
If you’ve ever ridden a teacup ride at a state fair you might be ready for life in the six-star system TIC 168789840.
Ever ridden a teacup ride at a state fair? If so, you might have a small taste of life in a whirling, twirling sextuply-eclipsing sextuple star system.
“Sextuply-eclipsing sextuple star system” is astronomer-speak for a system with six stars all orbiting each other and all regularly eclipsing one another from the perspective of Earth and astronomers have just found one named TIC 168789840.
This six- star system is far enough from Earth
(a bit less than 2,000 light-years away) that telescopes can’t…
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