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Old December 31st, 2004, 08:37 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by rjandron

Finding twelve habitable worlds in a single star system, particularly when there would be little to no opportunity for terraforming, would be a very extraordinary solar system. Almost scientifically impossible. Plus I'd hate to do the orbital mathematics to figure out how stable the orbits and planets themselves would be.
That, my friend is why the genre is called science fiction. No matter what the odds say, the writer can make it happen. I would never expect to find such a star system in reality, but since Glen Larson wrote it I take it as a given in the show.
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