Astronomers discover planet the size of Jupiter with THREE suns

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The planet, called KELT-4Ab, orbits one parent star which in turn is orbited by two more. This is only the fourth three-star system ever discovered.

It was found by a team working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who documented it in a paper published in The Astronomical Journal.

Known as a 'Hot Jupiter' the gas planet is positioned unusually close to its parent star, known as KELT-A. It takes roughly three days to orbit its main star. The second and third stars (KELT-B and C) are further away and orbit each other over the course of 30 years.

 

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/astronomers-discover-rare-star-wars-7672946

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Cute  

[Sunny 12,753]

1,2,3 not only you and me....

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Can you live there tho  I guess not, but the discovery is amazing 

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holy **** 3 days to orbit? does that mean it's closer to the sun than the earth is or is it just moving faster through space? i mean doesn't jupiter take 70+ years to orbit the sun one time? LOL

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Just now, Teri Hatcher said:

Cute  

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1 minute ago, Sunny said:

1,2,3 not only you and me....

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Can you live there tho  I guess not, but the discovery is amazing 

it's a gas planet, honey  

it's the same a building a house on Jupiter's surface  

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Just now, Baby Blue said:

it's a gas planet, honey  

it's the same a building a house on Jupiter's surface  

Omg yes  It is called the second Jupiter

Just your typical Sunny

 

 

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5 minutes ago, hahahahahahahah said:

holy **** 3 days to orbit? does that mean it's closer to the sun than the earth is or is it just moving faster through space? i mean doesn't jupiter take 70+ years to orbit the sun one time? LOL

probably faster  

I mean Jupiter only has 9 hours in a day  

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1 hour ago, hahahahahahahah said:

holy **** 3 days to orbit? does that mean it's closer to the sun than the earth is or is it just moving faster through space? i mean doesn't jupiter take 70+ years to orbit the sun one time? LOL

that means its year is 3 days long. and yeah, it's moving faster

so with your example of jupiter: it takes 4,332 days, or 12 Earth years (rounded up), in order to complete one Jupiter year

uranus is the one you're thinking about. that takes 84 Earth years just to have one Uranus year 

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On April 2, 2016 at 4:55 AM, hahahahahahahah said:

holy **** 3 days to orbit? does that mean it's closer to the sun than the earth is or is it just moving faster through space? i mean doesn't jupiter take 70+ years to orbit the sun one time? LOL

Dam, even if its as close as mercury or even a bit closer... Either the star is a very small star, or the orbit is super fast (or both) for a year to last only 3 days

 

Also, the planet cannot be SUPER close because even with a rapid orbit, a planet with the mass of Jupiter would be sucked into its sun by its gravity

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jk thank god it's real, that's pretty fascinating, i wonder what its day and night cycles are like with 3 suns 

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3 minutes ago, ryanripley said:

posted on the 1st of April 

jk thank god it's real, that's pretty fascinating, i wonder what its day and night cycles are like with 3 suns 

everyday is a holiday  

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Fascinating 

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Just now, Baby Blue said:

everyday is a holiday  

i wonder what day LG5 is out on that planet 

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Just now, ryanripley said:

i wonder what day LG5 is out on that planet 

someday before the release day of Earth, that's for sure