What would the orbit of earth look like if there were two suns on our solar system?

Answer 1

Here is a simulation of the Alpha Centauri star system showing plantary orbits in the habital zones of each star.

http://www.solstation.com/orbits/ac-absys.htm

Answer 2

It is very likely that the planet would orbit one sun,not weave around the two.
The earth's mass would be negligible but it would alter the point orbited by the two suns.

Answer 3

The motion of two Suns relative to Earth would be analogous a simple atom having a nuleus of one Neutron and one protron.The motion of the electron would not be on one plane but would follow a motion called orbital. the Position of the electron is determined by probability.

Answer 4

well that would depend on where the suns are......if they're close together, then there would probably BE no earth and pluto would turn into water. if they are at opposite ends with each other, then they'd probably divide up the planets among their orbits...we'd still probably get fried though. but i doubt our orbit would change unless the 2nd sun was placed specifically to do so...

hope that helped! = )

Answer 5

I think that would really depend upon the relative positions of the two stars. If they are reasonably close to each other, then at best stable orbits would probably be wide ellipses.

Answer 6

we would not be here to see that if there were actually another gravitational body to impact our evolution....