Triple star system discovered in NASA Kepler data – SlashGear

NASA began operating the Kepler mission in 2009. The space telescope spotted a planet estimated to be about half the size of Saturn in a multiple-star system called KOI-5Ab. That was the second planet candidate ever discovered by Kepler but was ultimately ignored.
Kepler operated until 2018 and discovered 2394 planets orbiting stars beyond the sun. The mission also found an additional 2366 exoplanet candidates that still require confirmation. Scientists say KOI-5Ab was abandoned because it was complicated,…

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