ALMA Finds Compelling Evidence for Pair of Infant Planets around Young Star

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ALMA Finds Compelling Evidence for Pair of Infant Planets around Young Star

ALMA Finds Compelling Evidence for Pair of Infant Planets around Young Star

ALMA image of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star HD 163296 as seen in dust. New observations suggested that two planets, each about the size of Saturn, are in orbit around the star. These planets, which are not yet fully formed, revealed themselves by the dual imprint they left in both the dust and the gas portions of the star’s protoplanetary disk.

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); A. Isella; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

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Date	2015-08-05T04:34
Center	RA: 17:56:21.28, Dec: -21:57:22.48
Field of View	0.062 x 0.062 arcminutes

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