Is there a possibility that planets orbit around Alpha Centauri A or B star in habitable zone?

Any other stars that have habitable planets? Not a lot is discussed about this star system.



This star is nearest to us other than the sun. No one knows whether the Alpha Centauri star system has planets. Could it be possible for habitable planets?Is there a possibility that planets orbit around Alpha Centauri A or B star in habitable zone?It's certainly possible, but it may be that the methods used to detect extra-solar planets don't lend themselves well to binary (or trinary) star systems. Also, any planets around a star that's part of a two- or three- star system might have wild orbital swings as the gravity of the stars ebb and flow (imagine tides like on Earth, but with dry land moving up and down!).Is there a possibility that planets orbit around Alpha Centauri A or B star in habitable zone?
Probably not. Models for delivery of volatiles suggest terrestrial planets receive volatiles primarily from the asteroid belt and beyond. In the Alpha Centauri system, orbits %26gt;3 AU from Alpha Centauri A or B are very unstable, and material would not form planetesimals in these regions… Alpha Centauri may thus have dry terrestrial planets, devoid of the [carbon and water-based] life which thrives on Earth.Is there a possibility that planets orbit around Alpha Centauri A or B star in habitable zone?apparently yes. at least that's what some folks think.



http://www.solstation.com/stars/alp-cent…



"Due to their proximity to Sol, the stars of this system have been objects of intense interest among astronomers. Stars A and B have been selected as two of the top 100 target stars for NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) to directly image small rocky planets in Earth-type habitable orbits"



they're separated by about the same distance as our sun and Uranus. and their orbital period is 80 years -- very close to Uranus orbital time.



certainly there wouldn't be planets much farther away than Mars is from the sun. and if i hadn't seen the url i posted, i'd have thought that their relatively tight orbit, and relatively large gravitational fields would have disrupted any planets with orbits greater than that of Mercury, or maybe Venus.



however, if scientists really are looking, then they have done the math, which should not be that difficult, and determined that planets can exist near an earth-like distance from one of the stars. that does not address whether the planets would have been able to form in the first place. keep in mind that there's a relatively good possibility that the asteroid belt did not coalesce because of the relatively large disruption due to Jupiter's gravity. that probably could also be calculated, but it's more difficult, and i don't think it's been done for the asteroid belt, for which far more information is known than

the Alpha Centauri sysem.Is there a possibility that planets orbit around Alpha Centauri A or B star in habitable zone?
i dont think those systems have planets, they should be the easiest to spot. but if they do have planets they should be small, rocky, and not to close to the star since we havent found them yet.



there are plenty of exoplanets that are in a stars habitable zone, i think the most promising one is gliese 581 c. idk if theres a better candidate, but its small, rocky, and in the habitable zone.Is there a possibility that planets orbit around Alpha Centauri A or B star in habitable zone?There is always the possibility that there are other planets that can contain life. By applying the same standards required for life on Earth to other planets limits the potential to find life similar to ourselves. However life may exist in many other forms other than our own.

Finding stars around other stars is becoming easier, now that certain markers have been identified. Stars with orbiting planets display an almost imperceptable "wobble" which is an indicater that its position is being influenced by the ornbiting planets.