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Stickmaker ([personal profile] stickmaker) wrote2011-09-18 12:48 pm
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Planet Orbits Two Stars

This is a significant discovery, confirming a situation long speculated about: That a planet can orbit more than one star. So why do even scientists keep comparing it to Tatooine?!

Even if they restrict themselves to science fictional references, those go back at least to _The Skylark of Space_.
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[personal profile] annathepiper 2011-09-18 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Because Tatooine is a reference that even people outside SF/F fandom proper will get, pretty much.

[identity profile] gavinfox.livejournal.com 2011-09-18 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
One reference in this post is part of popular culture. One reference is not.
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