Open AccessEccentric dust ring signals planets
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53104_16.x
Subject(s) - planet , physics , subaru telescope , astronomy , astrobiology , stars , debris , telescope , planetary system , astrophysics , meteorology , spectral line , spectrograph
Planets form around stars in dusty discs; the process remains uncertain. Now adaptive optics on the Subaru Telescope has revealed disruptions to a debris disc that indicate large planetary bodies – and their sizes and orbits.