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Anonymous No. 16417683

The median number of planets for a star in the Milky Way appears to be around one. Why so few?

Anonymous No. 16417715

>>16417683
Most stars are red dwarfs

Anonymous No. 16417727

>>16417683
We changed the way we define "Planet". Used to be that everything, including dogs, could be planets. That didn't make any sense to anyone, so it was changed. Now the dog has to be spherical and have cleared its local orbital space. HTH

Anonymous No. 16417735

>>16417715
Yes, and most red dwarfs have planets.

Anonymous No. 16417779

Every Sun has their Mercury:

Anonymous No. 16417787

>>16417683
Most planets are alone binary ones are rare making the median one