Planets can stably orbit two host stars in figure-eight or circumbinary configurations.
Multiple studies using numerical simulations and dynamical systems theory demonstrate that planets can maintain stable orbits around binary star systems in circumbinary configurations.
The retrieved papers ([0], [2], [3], [8]) explicitly investigate the orbital dynamics, stability conditions, and resonant configurations of planets orbiting two host stars (circumbinary planets). The evidence uniformly supports the claim that stable circumbinary orbits exist for various mass ratios, eccentricities, and inclinations, while none of the papers refute this.
Cheng Chen, Alessia Franchini, Stephen H Lubow, Rebecca G Martin. Orbital dynamics of circumbinary planets. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2948
Investigates the orbital dynamics and stability of planets orbiting around binary star systems.
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A. Langford, L. Weiss. A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Theory of Circumbinary Orbits in the Circular Restricted Problem. 2023. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/acb7df
Applies dynamical systems theory to characterize stable prograde and retrograde circumbinary orbits.
Cheng Chen, Stephen H Lubow, Rebecca G Martin. Orbital dynamics of two circumbinary planets around misaligned eccentric binaries. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3488
Examines the complex orbital dynamics and tilt oscillations of two circumbinary planets around binaries.
Cheng Chen, S. Lubow, Rebecca G. Martin, C. Nixon. Orbital stability of two circumbinary planets around misaligned eccentric binaries. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad739
Uses N-body simulations to demonstrate stable configurations for tilted circumbinary planetary systems.
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