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human
Can planets orbit twin star systems?
gpt
There are two broad categories of binary star systems, wide and close binaries. Wide binaries have two stars that are far apart and don't have a huge amount of interaction with each other. Close binaries are where the stars are pretty darn close, close enough that mass can be swapped between the two stars.

In a wide binary system, there is no reason that a planets cannot orbit the individual stars. In a close system a planet would not be able to orbit one of the stars, but far enough out would be able to orbit the center of mass of the two stars.