ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets
eso_eso1818a June 13th, 2018
Credit: ESO, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); Pinte et al.
ALMA has uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around the infant star HD 163296. Using a novel planet-finding technique, astronomers have identified three discrete disturbances in the young star’s gas-filled disc: the strongest evidence yet that newly formed planets are in orbit there. These are considered the first planets discovered with ALMA. This image shows part of the ALMA data set at one wavelength and reveals a clear “kink” in the material, which indicates unambiguously the presence of one of the planets.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1818a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1818a
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.2.1 B.3.7.1
- Subject Name
- HD 163296
- Credits
- ESO, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); Pinte et al.
- Release Date
- 2018-06-13T16:00:00
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- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1818a/
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- Observation
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- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
- Instrument
- Band 6
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- Pseudocolor
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- Millimeter
- Bandpass
- CO J=2-1
- Central Wavelength
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- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
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- 269.088219837, -21.9556774309
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- 2736.0, 2736.0
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- 1368.0, 1368.0
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- -7.89130485187e-07, 7.89130485187e-07
- Rotation
- -0
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- TAN
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- Full
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- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso1818a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1818a.tif
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- 2024-02-22T14:20:01.794958
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- 1.1
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