HD 23514
HD 23514 is a star in the Pleiades. It is a main-sequence star of class F6, and has been seen to have hot dust particles orbiting around it. These materials, otherwise known as planetesimals which orbit within a circumstellar disc, are evidence of possible planetary formation.[1]
The Star system itself is very young, in the 35~100 million years range,[1] meaning that it is very well likely at the stage of forming planets.
The star will be continuously studied to confirm whether it may be a potential candidate for planetary formation. These studies will be carried out by the Spitzer Space Telescope.
References
- 1 2 Rodriguez, David R.; Marois, Christian; Zuckerman, B.; Macintosh, Bruce; Melis, Carl (2012). "A Substellar Companion to the Dusty Pleiades Star HD 23514". The Astrophysical Journal 748 (1). arXiv:1112.4815. Bibcode:2012ApJ...748...30R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/748/1/30.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, November 16, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.