HST/FGS Astrometric Search for Young Planets Around Beta Pic and AU Mic

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Jul 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009hst..prop12316w&link_type=abstract

HST Proposal ID #12316. Cycle 18

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Beta Pic and AU Mic are two nearby Vega-type debris disk stars. Both of these disk systems have been spatially resolved in exquisite detail, predominantly via the ACS coronagraph and WFPC-2 cameras onboard HST. These images exhibit a wealth of morphological features which provide compelling indirect evidence that these systems likely harbor short-period planetary body{ies}. We propose to use the superlative astrometric capabilities of HST/FGS to directly detect these planets, hence provide the first direct planet detection in a Vega-type system whose disk has been imaged at high spatial resolution.;

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