Post by ET_Explorer on Jul 13, 2016 22:31:56 GMT
A newfound exoplanet orbiting within a triple-star system has scientists scratching their heads.
Located some 340 light years from Earth, the gas giant called HD 131399Ab weighs in at about 4 times the mass of Jupiter, gets illuminated by not one but three stars, and takes 550 Earth years to complete one loop around its central star. That star, dubbed HD 131399A, exceeds our Sun’s mass by 80% and orbits a center of mass shared with a smaller star, HD131399B, which is itself orbited by yet another star, HD 131399C.
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Located some 340 light years from Earth, the gas giant called HD 131399Ab weighs in at about 4 times the mass of Jupiter, gets illuminated by not one but three stars, and takes 550 Earth years to complete one loop around its central star. That star, dubbed HD 131399A, exceeds our Sun’s mass by 80% and orbits a center of mass shared with a smaller star, HD131399B, which is itself orbited by yet another star, HD 131399C.
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Exoplanet Found in Curious Triple-Star System.kmz (1.12 KB)