The researchers spotted the star about 20 light-years awayEarth, which is quite close to
After careful analysis, researchersused a faint signal from there to create what they believe to be the first ever drawing of a complete three-dimensional orbital structure of not only a binary star system, but also a planet wandering within it.
"Since most stars are in binaryor multiple systems, the ability to understand systems like this will help us understand planet formation in general, the researchers noted. “The data we get from our corner of space isn't really enough to understand some of the more important rules about how planets form or how they evolve. It's always better to have a wider sample."
Yellow-orange peeps out at the bottoma planet that is an exoplanet. Above the horizon line is a small yellow luminous dot representing a star, and away from these two spheres is a crimson red dot representing another star.
From the height of the planet, which is about twice the size of Jupiter, this diagram shows a star around which the planet revolves, and in the distance - its binary satellite.
To imagine what this area looks likespace, researchers say the larger of the two stars the exoplanet orbits is 56% smaller than the Sun. The mass of the smaller star is only 17% of the mass of our Sun. They revolve around each other once every 229 Earth years.
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