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MAUNA KEA: Keck helps capture first image of protoplanet
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by Big Island Video News
on Oct 22, 2011 at 4:34 pm

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By David Corrigan and Stephanie Salazar MAUNA KEA, Hawaii: The first direct image of a planet in the process of forming around its star has been captured by astronomers using the 10-meter Keck telescopes. Scientists say it looks like a hot “protoplanet” surrounded by a swath of cooler dust and gas, which is falling into […]

By David Corrigan and Stephanie Salazar

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii: The first direct image of a planet in the process of forming around its star has been captured by astronomers using the 10-meter Keck telescopes.

Scientists say it looks like a hot “protoplanet” surrounded by a swath of cooler dust and gas, which is falling into the still-forming planet. Images have revealed that the forming planet sits inside a wide gap between the young parent star and an outer disk of dust.

Astronomers say the young gas giant is the youngest planet ever found, 5 times younger than the previous record holder.


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