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We report the detection of spatially-extended mid-infrared emission aroundthe luminous embedded star IRc9 in OMC-1, as seen in 8.8, 11.7, and 18.3 micronimages obtained with T-ReCS on Gemini South. The extended emission isasymmetric, and the morphology is reminiscent of warm dust disks around otheryoung stars. The putative disk has a radius of roughly 1.5 arcsec (700 AU), anda likely dust mass of almost 10 Earth masses. The infrared spectral energydistribution of IRc9 indicates a total luminosity of about 100 Lsun, implyingthat it shall become an early A-type star when it reaches the main sequence.Thus, the candidate disk around IRc9 may be a young analog of the planetarydebris disks around Vega-like stars and the disks of Herbig Ae stars, and mayprovide a laboratory in which to study the earliest phases of planet formation.A disk around IRc9 may also add weight to the hypothesis that an enhanced TTauri-like wind from this star has influenced the molecular outflow from theOMC-1 core.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figs, Accepted by ApJ Letter

Discovery of a Candidate Protoplanetary Disk around the Embedded Source IRc9 in Orion