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Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday July 15, 2005 @12:35AM from the mos-eisley-not-included dept.

ATP writes "CNN is reporting that a planet has been discovered in a solar system with 3 suns. The observation brings into doubt the theory stating that planets form from the dust orbiting around a single sun. The discovery also resulted in a new method of searching for extrasolar planets-- until now most searching focused only on single-sun systems."

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Tatooine-like Planet Discovered

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First Post Mind Trick (Score:5, Funny)

by gbulmash ( 688770 ) * writes: <semi_famous@ya h o o .com> on Friday July 15, 2005 @12:36AM (#13070042) Homepage Journal

This is not the planet you're looking for.
This is not the planet we're looking for.

Move along.

Move along.

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More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:5, Funny)

by FrontalLobe ( 897758 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @12:37AM (#13070053)

Don't let George Lucas see this. He'll want to change the next release of episode 4 and have Luke looking over 3 suns setting.

"Really, I had always wanted it to be 3 suns, and now we have the technology to produce my original vision"

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A long time ago... (Score:4, Funny)

by gringer ( 252588 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @12:42AM (#13070080)

I guess the galaxy isn't so far away after all

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Re:Name that star... (Score:4, Funny)

by mesach ( 191869 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @12:45AM (#13070104)

More like Mike, Robbie, and Chip :P

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Does it also contain.... (Score:5, Funny)

by ribo-bailey ( 724061 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @12:51AM (#13070127) Homepage

THE SPICE!!!???

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Like Tatooine? (Score:5, Funny)

by rampant mac ( 561036 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @01:10AM (#13070231)

Like Tatooine?
No love for Pitch Black [imdb.com]?

Besides, Vin Diesel can kick Chewbacca's ass. He can do anything [4q.cc].

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Re:Does it also contain.... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @01:12AM (#13070240)

You're thinking of Arrakis, you incompetent twit.

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That's no planet (Score:2, Funny)

by Tablizer ( 95088 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @01:45AM (#13070382) Journal

....that's a Death Star in orbit.

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Re:not like Tatooine... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @02:08AM (#13070467)

You clearly have never been around Uncle Owen when he's eating baked beans, have you?

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Re:More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:5, Funny)

by vought ( 160908 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @02:22AM (#13070518)

As depressing as it is, I remember reading the Empire Strikes Back Trivia Guide, and the suns were Tatoo I and Tatoo II.

I could have sworn that the third one was called Hervé.

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Re:More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:3, Funny)

by TopShelf ( 92521 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @02:26AM (#13070527) Homepage Journal

Look, Boss! The speeder, the speeder!

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And now for something completely different... (Score:3, Funny)

by greg_barton ( 5551 ) * writes: <greg_barton@yaho ... minus herbivore> on Friday July 15, 2005 @02:26AM (#13070528) Homepage Journal

...a solar system with... three suns!

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Re:Not really Tatooine-like... (Score:5, Funny)

by metlin ( 258108 ) * writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @02:29AM (#13070539) Journal

Dude, I've trouble getting to the bathroom which at this moment seems far, far away.

I'd say a 149 kajillion light years is definitely far, far away.

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Re:Not really Tatooine-like... (Score:3, Funny)

by commodoresloat ( 172735 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @03:02AM (#13070642)

Not only that; it doesn't even have a single tattoo on it!

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Re:More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:2, Funny)

by mbrewthx ( 693182 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @03:13AM (#13070675)

In the original script for Star Wars all the Jawas wore 3 piece white suits and were led by Kahn.

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Re:The effects of 3 suns (Score:3, Funny)

by Chris Brewer ( 66818 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @03:59AM (#13070833) Journal

You gather a collection of signs saying "Please do not drink the emperor"

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Fictional? (Score:3, Funny)

by AliasTheRoot ( 171859 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @07:56AM (#13071557)

Tatooine doesnt exist, does this?

I'm just waiting for the first DS9 like wormhole to the delta quadrant to be discovered. Hell I'd settle for the most nasal starship captain that doesn't have a clue.

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Facts about Tatooine (Score:3, Funny)

by paranode ( 671698 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @08:17AM (#13071661)

* If there's a bright side to the universe, it is the planet its farthest from.
* You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

* The womp rats are about 2 meters in length.

* The sand is coarse and rough and irritating, and gets everywhere.

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Re:More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:4, Funny)

by pete-classic ( 75983 ) writes: <hutnick@gmail.com> on Friday July 15, 2005 @08:46AM (#13071837) Homepage Journal

Two suns, three suns, that's not really relevant to the plot or character development.

My concern is that in the next release Alderaan is going to shoot first.

-Peter

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Re:The effects of 3 suns (Score:4, Funny)

by LPetrazickis ( 557952 ) writes: <leo DOT petr+slashdot AT gmail DOT com> on Friday July 15, 2005 @11:06AM (#13073176) Homepage Journal

"If the planet's environment is life-friendly, then it's only a matter of time before life evolves on it."

And you base this one what? An empirical basis of exactly 1 instance? Pretty presumptious of you.

Not really. Since life evolved once, the probability of life evolving is greater than zero. Ergo, given arbitrarily sufficient time, the probability of life having evolved will approach 100%. Unfortunately, time required for life to evolve may exceed the lifespan of even the universe. The grandparent post is technically correct, but it's not a particularly useful form of correct.

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Re:Facts about Tatooine (Score:3, Funny)

by KevinKnSC ( 744603 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @12:04PM (#13073874)

* You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Personally, I think it's a shame that people have to slander everyone from Tatooine just because they've gotten a bad impression from the people in Mos Eisley.

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Re:Wonderful, egalitarian, homogenous universe (Score:3, Funny)

by Afrosheen ( 42464 ) writes: on Friday July 15, 2005 @12:29PM (#13074159)

You ever notice how, even in Star Trek, people have to WARP to every place they want to go? This implies that space is like the United States. Between where you are and where you want to be there's alot of nothing. I.e. a drive from New York to LA gets you about 3 major cities and an assload of desolate countryside.

So to summarize, there are habitable planets out there, but none of them are close to us or close to each other.

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