Also do you mean an orbit that is in the 'goldilocks' zone of both or every one of the stars and doesn't stray. I suppose it's possible the stars would have to have the same mass as each other so they orbit a point between them and the plants orbit wouldn't be elliptical it would more be a figure of 8 with no joining up or a infinity sign but that would mean very complicated night day episodes. A three star system would be easier the stars would need the same mass and be very close together where the barycentre is of equal distance from each other. Then the planet could orbit in a nearly circular orbit. If you thing about it the more stars that are in the system the easier it would be to get a circular obit. Saying all that it would be most if not extremely unlikely that all this would happen. So the short answer is, if it's just a planet then yes it could happen, but if you wanted a planet in the life zone then I'd say very very very unlikely, but it can't be ruled out. Now I've got to get of this picket fence as it very uncomfortable!
Thinking further they would all have to be in the exact same plane.
Last edited by speach; 24-04-2015 at 09:10 AM.
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