Seems that if the circumstellar disc has a small misalignment to the binary orbit, accretion becomes more favourable. This might allow for an expanded accretion zone around the Alpha Centauri stars sufficient to produce habitable planets, despite the negative conclusions of previous studies.
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Subject: Re: Noncoplanarity and forming planets around Alpha Centauri Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:54 pm
Hehe. Some hope for planets around our closest neighbour then
Noncoplanarity and forming planets around Alpha Centauri
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