A giant planet imaged in the disk of the young star Beta Pictoris

Details A giant planet imaged in the disk of the young star Beta Pictoris A giant planet imaged in the disk of the young star Beta Pictoris

2010-06-16

arxiv.org/abs/1006.3314v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures. Published online 10 June 2010; 10.1126/science.1187187. To appear in Science

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Here we show that the ~10 Myr Beta Pictoris system hosts a massive giant planet, Beta Pictoris b, located 8 to 15 AU from the star. This result confirms that gas giant planets form rapidly within disks and validates the use of disk structures as fingerprints of embedded planets. Among the few planets already imaged, Beta Pictoris b is the closest to its parent star. Its short period could allow recording the full orbit within 17 years.

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