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O.O Who are these creatures that can survive, let alone eat breakfast, on the surface of a star twice as hot,Β >20 times as massive,Β andΒ 120000 times as bright as the Sun?
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Meaning: the system of Rigel, of course.Β 
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I was just ribbing you, but if you want to be serious, it's unlikely that a star as hot as Rigel would have planets ether. It would've photo-dissociated, ionized, and blown away any material that could've formed planets before they could form. Planets are common, but you don't really see them too often around stars hotter than about 10,000 K because those stars are rare, form really fast, and create their own little bubbles called HII regions where pretty much everything inside is ionized out to a few tenths of a light year. In less than the time it takes to form a typically terrestrial planet, those stars will tend to destroy any dust that could've coagulated into planets around a cooler star.
Wikipedia has a list of potentially habitable exoplanets if you still want to change the name. Incidentally, there is actually a restaurant chain called Rigel.
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In any case I am glad your interest in my work
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Sure, you're welcome!
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