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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Newly-Discovered Planet Has 3 Suns!!

This is a artist's impression of the triple star view of HD 131399Ab.
Credits: image courtesy European Southern Observatory/L. Calçada
Did you know that there is a planet that orbits 3 🌞🌞🌞 suns!! Yes a planet with 3 suns!! Can't you believe, I will tell you the facts about this planet with 3 suns!!

This planet had been discovered by a team of astronauts from the University of Arizona by using direct imaging.

This planet's name is HD 131399Ab.

HD 131399Ab isn't any other world. But by far it is the widest known orbit in the multi-star system. HD 131399Ab is located 340 light years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. HD 131399Ab is believed to be about 16 million years old. With the temperature of 850 kelvins (1,070 F or 580 C). HD 131399Ab is weight about an estimated of four Jupiter masses.


 
This artist shows the orbit of the planet in the has triple-star system. Two the stars are closer together and the bigger, brighter is orbited by a gas giant planet named HD 131399Ab. 

Photo's by www.nasa.gov

Hope you like my post of the newly discovered planet that has 3 suns named HD 131399Ab. I hope you have learned about HD 131399Ab. Have a cool 😎 holiday!! Bye!!