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[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Brian Cox series on ABC has a bunch of interesting stuff about this. I think one of Jupiter's moon's moons isn't tidally locked to the moon itself, but another point in space of it's elliptical movement.

Then you can look up Alpha Centuri and the suns and planets that orbit each other

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

i love how we are in the position to literally look up at alpha centauri

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I have been meaning to watch that!! I like Brian Cox and that show is right up my alley haha