Did NASA find new planet? An abandoned gas-giant planet with 3 star system

NASA has led a number of major exploration efforts over years and it appears that it made yet ar astounding discovery that was hidden for years.  American ncy discovered a new planet during its Kepler Mission which consisted of three stars. planet was kwn as 'KOI-5Ab', and it was second planet candidate that was discovered by Kepler Mission. However, discovery had to be set aside by researchers at time as Kepler telescope had racked up way more planet discoveries.

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“KOI-5Ab got abandoned because it was complicated, and we had thousands of candidates,” said David Ciardi, chief scientist of NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute. “re were easier pickings than KOI-5Ab, and we were learning something new from Kepler every day, so that KOI-5 was mostly forgotten.”

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NASA's TESS helps uncover more details about KOI-5Ab

Ciardi, along with or researchers, was able to find out that planet was found circling a star in a triple-star system. However, researchers couldn't figure out if planet signal was real. w, after a number of new observations and missions using  Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and or telescopes, David Ciardi has been able to gar information about  planet. It is one of planets that Ciardi and or group of researchers involved in mission have been following upon. 

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Ciardi stated that he wouldn't have started researching on KOI-5Ab again if TESS did t come along. He furr added that it took researchers a lot of work to finally be able to get more information about  planet.

Considering its massive size,  KOI-5Ab is believed to be a gas giant similar to Jupiter or Saturn. Speaking of three stars, research suggests that planet orbits Star A, which is quite closer to Sun B. Both of se companion stars orbit each or in about 30 years. re is a third Star C which orbits both stars in 400 years. 

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