MBR Space Centre on Twitter: "#DiscOvery Newly discovered #exoplanet, HD 131399Ab, orbits 3 #Suns & weighs around 4 times the mass of #Jupiter https://t.co/e22vNl81fQ" / Twitter
![Illustration of the triple star system HD 131399, as seen from a planet. The system consists of a close binary pair of low-mass, red stars, separated by about 10 astronomical units (AU), Illustration of the triple star system HD 131399, as seen from a planet. The system consists of a close binary pair of low-mass, red stars, separated by about 10 astronomical units (AU),](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R17C50/illustration-of-the-triple-star-system-hd-131399-as-seen-from-a-planet-the-system-consists-of-a-close-binary-pair-of-low-mass-red-stars-separated-by-about-10-astronomical-units-au-which-is-in-turn-in-orbit-around-a-more-massive-white-main-sequence-star-at-a-distance-of-several-hundred-au-astronomers-thought-they-detected-a-planet-around-the-more-massive-star-hd-131399-a-however-the-so-called-planet-dubbed-hd-131399-ab-or-scorpion-1b-is-now-thought-to-be-a-background-star-this-image-imagines-the-supposed-planet-viewed-from-a-nearby-moon-R17C50.jpg)
Illustration of the triple star system HD 131399, as seen from a planet. The system consists of a close binary pair of low-mass, red stars, separated by about 10 astronomical units (AU),
!["English: This annotated composite image shows the newly discovered exoplanet HD 131399Ab in the triple-star system HD 131399. The image of the planet was obtained with the SPHERE imager on the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile. This is the first ... "English: This annotated composite image shows the newly discovered exoplanet HD 131399Ab in the triple-star system HD 131399. The image of the planet was obtained with the SPHERE imager on the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile. This is the first ...](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2baman6/english-this-annotated-composite-image-shows-the-newly-discovered-exoplanet-hd-131399ab-in-the-triple-star-system-hd-131399-the-image-of-the-planet-was-obtained-with-the-sphere-imager-on-the-eso-very-large-telescope-in-chile-this-is-the-first-exoplanet-to-be-discovered-by-sphere-and-one-of-very-few-directly-imaged-planets-with-a-temperature-of-around-580-degrees-celsius-and-an-estimated-mass-of-four-jupiter-masses-it-is-also-one-of-the-coldest-and-least-massive-directly-imaged-exoplanets-this-picture-was-created-from-two-separate-sphere-observations-one-to-image-the-three-stars-and-one-2baman6.jpg)
"English: This annotated composite image shows the newly discovered exoplanet HD 131399Ab in the triple-star system HD 131399. The image of the planet was obtained with the SPHERE imager on the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile. This is the first ...
![Located about 320 light-years from Earth in constellation of Centaurus, the planet HD 131399Ab is the first ever planet found orbiting a triple-star system. Depending on the season, an observer on this Located about 320 light-years from Earth in constellation of Centaurus, the planet HD 131399Ab is the first ever planet found orbiting a triple-star system. Depending on the season, an observer on this](https://i.redd.it/a9me1kiek2g81.jpg)