Meanings
- A fictional desert planet in Star Wars with two suns.
From the ground it could almost look like two suns in the sky, creating a Tatooine effect.
2023 October 30, Joe Scott, What Would Happen If The Earth Had Rings?5 more examples
Planets that orbit two stars are called "circumbinary planets." They're also sometimes called "Tatooine planets," after the most well-known example.
2016 June 14, Avery Thompson, “We've Discovered the Largest Planet to Orbit Two Suns Like Tatooine”https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a21332/tatooine-planet-discovered-orbiting-two-suns/, Popular MechanicsGlass surrounds the cabin to provide unrivaled views of the environment, whether it’s an earthly vista or the binary sunset over the fictional Tatooine desert.
2019 September 10, Kirsten Korosec, “Audi’s off-roading electric concept would be perfect for Tatooine”https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/10/audis-off-roading-electric-concept-would-be-perfect-for-tatooine/, TechCrunchBecause the majority of stars are thought to be locked in such binary systems, learning about their early lives — especially how they form and maintain Tatooine-type planets — is of great interest to astronomers.
2019 October 4, Jake Parks, “Baby Binary Star Gives Astronomers a Glimpse at How Planets Like Tatooine Form”https://www.discovermagazine.com/baby-binary-star-gives-astronomers-a-glimpse-at-how-planets-like-tatooine-40315, Discover MagazineMoisture farming is not just for the deserts of Tatooine — advances in fog harvesting technology may provide an additional fresh water source in foggy coastal areas with little precipitation.
2019 November 26, “Moisture Farming: Harvesting Fog Can Provide Fresh Water in Desert Regions”https://scitechdaily.com/moisture-farming-harvesting-fog-can-provide-fresh-water-in-desert-regions/, American Physical Society, SciTechDailyThe more interesting case is circumbinary planets (CBPs), popularly known as Tatooine-like worlds, where the stars are so close together that a planet would need to orbit both to be at a safe distance.
2023 January 25, Stephen Luntz, “Tatooine-like Planets Orbiting Two Suns Could Be Habitable”https://www.iflscience.com/tatooine-like-planets-orbiting-two-suns-could-be-habitable-67241, IFL Science
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