CONCENTRIC GAS-AND-DUST DISKS AROUND STAR TW HYDRAE (ARTIST'S CONCEPT)
stsci_2023-011a May 4th, 2023
Credit: ARTWORK: NASA, AURA/STScI for ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)
This artist's concept is based on Hubble Space Telescope images of gas-and-dust disks around the young star TW Hydrae. Hubble Space Telescope photos show shadows sweeping across the disks encircling the system. The interpretation is these shadows are from slightly inclined inner disks that block starlight from reaching the outer disk, and therefore are casting a shadow. The disks are slightly inclined to each other due to the gravitational pull of unseen planets warping the disk structure.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-011
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- 2023-011a
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.2.1
- Subject Name
- TW Hydrae
- Credits
- ARTWORK: NASA, AURA/STScI for ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2023-05-04T00:00:00
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- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-011
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- Artwork
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- Good
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- ICRS
- Equinox
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- 165.4662725, -34.7047310
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- STScI
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- http://stsci.edu
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- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
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- 410-338-4444
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- 3700 San Martin Drive
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- Baltimore
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- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
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- USA
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- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p23011a-f-3840x2160.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2023-011/STSCI-H-p23011a-f-3840x2160.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2023-05-05
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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