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If planet Earth has seasons based on it's distance from the Sun, would binary stars have seasons by the same principle(of convection), or would their radiation amounts have no impact?

Would the light(and other radiation) from one get repulsed by light from the other and vice versa?

2007-03-27 08:58:40 · 2 answers · asked by Luis 6 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

Just to clarify I'm asking about seasons on the stars themselves, not planets in orbit.

2007-03-27 09:17:46 · update #1

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One of your of your basic premises is wrong. Planets have seasons because of axial tilt, not their distance from their star. Being radiating bodies themselves, stars are less likely to be affected by the radiation from their companion stars but I suppose in certain configurations, there could be an unevenness of solar pressure from the dominant star between the pole inclined toward it and the one inclined away. If you want to call that "seasons", then yes.

2007-03-27 10:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0 0

You would have to consider what type star they are and how each would affect the planet in question, the heat and wave spectrum would also have to be considered as the inclination of the axis and the distance from each sun, the orbit...wow, there are many variables, but it would make up for some very interesting astronomy and meteorology.

2007-03-27 09:03:24 · answer #2 · answered by Karan 6 · 0 0

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