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'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

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Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

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Reminds me of a bit from a novel I read (won't be naming the title to avoid spoilers) where one of the minor twists is that the gigastructure of galaxies that we observe in the universe - the thing that's conducive to things like "star formation" and "life" - is an art project by intelligent species who've been alive since around the time of the Big Bang. (No, it's not part of the Xeelee Sequence :P)

You're talking about the ending of Men in Black, right? ;)

Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

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Just your regular resonant planetary system...Nothing to see here...Call me back when you find one where they orbit the star with periods that are a sequence of prime numbers.... "Resonance in the planetary system HD 110067" - https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/six-planets-in-res...

They offer no hint why transiting the star could help us pick up radio transmissions. If they mean the planet going behind the star (being "occulted") would cut off the radio signal while it is back there, they should say that instead.

Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

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Just your regular resonant planetary system...Nothing to see here...Call me back when you find one where they orbit the star with periods that are a sequence of prime numbers.... "Resonance in the planetary system HD 110067" - https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/six-planets-in-res...

Or one with three planet sharing the same orbit, perfectly spaced!

Well, perfectly spaced is the only way 3 planets can share the same orbit.

And if we go for a gas giant and two small planets, there are probably many of those out there. We almost got one such trio.

Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

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Are we more likely to find alien tech in a "mathematically perfect" star system? Why? The article doesn't mention it.

The implication is that is the star system had potentially been artificially modified or even designed. Any entity capable of performing such a feat that must logically possess advanced technology. That's all.

If they had any real intelligence, they would keep quiet about it!

Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

#15

Reminds me of a bit from a novel I read (won't be naming the title to avoid spoilers) where one of the minor twists is that the gigastructure of galaxies that we observe in the universe - the thing that's conducive to things like "star formation" and "life" - is an art project by intelligent species who've been alive since around the time of the Big Bang. (No, it's not part of the Xeelee Sequence :P)

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Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

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Just your regular resonant planetary system...Nothing to see here...Call me back when you find one where they orbit the star with periods that are a sequence of prime numbers.... "Resonance in the planetary system HD 110067" - https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/six-planets-in-res...

Or one with three planet sharing the same orbit, perfectly spaced!

3 planets orbiting a common barycentre would be very cool. I think something like that was mentioned in the Peter F Hamilton "Night's Dawn" trilogy of sci-fi books.

Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

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Just your regular resonant planetary system...Nothing to see here...Call me back when you find one where they orbit the star with periods that are a sequence of prime numbers.... "Resonance in the planetary system HD 110067" - https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/six-planets-in-res...

If we're going to look into every resonant system shouldn't we start with the moons of Jupiter?
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