Huge extrasolar planet,
which many astronomers thought the "dead and buried", came back to
life, researchers say.
A new study of the
results of observations made space telescope "Hubble", found lying
around nearby star Fomalhaut us really exists giant exoplanet, which scientists
dubbed exoplanets, "zombies." These findings oppose the results of
other recent studies claiming that the so-called "planet" - known as
Fomalhaut b - is actually a huge cloud of dust.
A team of astronomers
led by Curry Secret University of Toronto was able to record the presence of a
planetary object in the observation of the "Hubble" for the years
2004 - 2006. In three different wavelengths of visible light. In his new work,
scientists were also able to determine the orbital characteristics of Fomalhaut
b, confirming that the gravity of the planet could have formed around the disc
of debris, seen by previous researchers.
The work was approved
for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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