An octonary star system was a planetary system containing eight stars. The gravitational mechanics of such a system would be incredibly complex, and the probability of one forming naturally was close to zero. Until 2399, no octonaries like this were known to anyone within the Federation. However, there were other kinds of octonary systems. These systems were divided into components of multiple star systems and individual stars, for example, the Beta Lyrae system.
The Eightfold Stars was an octonary star system assembled by an ancient species approximately 200,000–300,000 years ago. (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon"; PIC: "Broken Pieces")
| Multiple star systems |
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| Binary • Trinary • Quaternary • Sextenary • Septenary • Octonary |
External links[]
- Star system at Wikipedia
- Multiple star at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works