article_snippet: In this image the primary star is in the foreground and the primary star companion to the left, while a planet is in the middle and the other two stars are top right .
article_snippet: a multi-star systemis enormous, with 10 times the mass of Jupiter, and a planet orbits a planet primary star every 335 days.
article_snippet: the primary star has a relatively close partner star, which a planet does not orbit.
article_snippet: This pair, in turn, is locked in a long-distance orbit with another pair of stars
article_snippet: about 1,670 astronomical units away - one astronomical unit is the distance between Earth and the sun.
article_snippet: The exoplanet, a gas giant, orbits its primary 'yellow' star in about an Earth year's time.
article_snippet: However, despite it being relatively close, Star systems does not appear to have impacted the orbit of a planet.
article_snippet: The exact reason for this is uncertain, so the team is planning further observations to better understand the orbit of the star and the team complicated family dynamics.
article_snippet: A planet in this trio of stars is a hot Jupiter that circles A planet in this trio of stars tightly, completing one lap every three days.
article_snippet: Scientists already knew Star systems was locked in a gravitational tango with another star, about 0.7 light-years away, or 44,000 astronomical units.
article_snippet: That's relatively far apart for a pair of stellar companions.
article_snippet: The latest discovery is of a third star in the system, which orbits the primary star from a distance of 28 astronomical units - close enough to have influenced the hot Jupiter's development and final orbit. '