Trio of Infant Planets Discovered around Newborn Star
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Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; S. Dagnello
Two independent teams of astronomers have uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around an infant star known as HD 163296. Using a new planet-finding strategy, the astronomers identified three discrete disturbances in a young stars gas-filled disk: the strongest evidence yet that newly formed planets are in orbit there. These newly formed planets are depicted here in an artist impression.
Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/news/2018-alma-proto-trio/
Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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- Gallery_nrao18cb07
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- E.1 E.3.7.2.1
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- Planets of HD 163296
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- NRAO/AUI/NSF; S. Dagnello
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- Lightyears
- 400
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- 400
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- https://public.nrao.edu/news/2018-alma-proto-trio/
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- Artwork
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- Good
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- NRAO/AUI/NSF
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- https://public.nrao.edu
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- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- outreach@nrao.edu
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- 520 Edgemont Road
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- Charlottesville
- State/Province
- Virginia
- Postal Code
- 22903
- Country
- USA
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- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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- NRAO/AUI/NSF
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- https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nrao18cb07_artistimpression.jpg
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- 2018-06-13T10:55:01-04:00
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- 1.1
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