Simulation of HD 106906 b’s Orbit

This video shows the possible orbit of exoplanet HD 106906 b. The light from the twin stars has been masked to block their bright glare, allowing the Hubble Space Telescope to see the circumstellar disk and exoplanet. The planet resides outside its system's circumstellar debris disk, which is akin to our own Kuiper Belt. The second part of the video shows a simulation of how the planet orbits counterclockwise around the entire system as seen from Earth.