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Concepto artístico de un exoplaneta orbitando Fomalhaut
This illustration shows the newly discovered planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting its sun, Fomalhaut. A structure comprised mostly of brown and gold colors surrounds Fomalhaut b. This structure is a Saturn-like ring that astronomers say may encircle the planet. Fomalhaut also is surroun...
- Fecha
- Jan 1, 2008
- Misión
- Hubble Space Telescope
- ID de archivo
- hubblesite-images-2008-39-2432-image
This illustration shows the newly discovered planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting its sun, Fomalhaut. A structure comprised mostly of brown and gold colors surrounds Fomalhaut b. This structure is a Saturn-like ring that astronomers say may encircle the planet. Fomalhaut also is surrounded by a ring of material. The edge of this vast disk is shown in the background as the curving cloud-like feature that appears to intersect the 200-million-year-old star. Fomalhaut b lies 1.8 billion miles inside the disk's inner edge. The planet completes an orbit around Fomalhaut every 872 years.
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ESA, NASA, and L. Calcada (ESO for STScI)Detalles de la imagen
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Description | Exoplanet Orbiting Fomalhaut |
| Constellation | Piscis Austrinus |
| Distance | 25 light-years (8 parsecs) |
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