Massive planets orbiting young star could reveal how 'hot Jupiters' and systems form
6 years, 5 months ago

Massive planets orbiting young star could reveal how 'hot Jupiters' and systems form

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Images and models show distinct gaps in the system where more gas giants could be orbiting. New research has imaged and described a solar system housing a young star that has four massive planets orbiting it, in the first discovery of its kind. Researchers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array telescope to study the planets around the CI Tau system’s hot Jupiter. One of the planets in CI Tau’s system is the first ‘ hot Jupiter ’ to orbit such a young star, the study reports. “It is currently impossible to say whether the extreme planetary architecture seen in CI Tau is common in hot Jupiter systems,” Professor Cathie Clarke, the study’s first author told the University press.

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Astronomers spot evidence of a baby planet in a young star system
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Astronomers spot evidence of a baby planet in a young star system

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Alma snaps stunning 'baby picture' of disc 450 light-years away

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