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Stellar disk suggests planet formation

NOV 01, 1977

DOI: 10.1063/1.3037786

A group of astronomers from Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona and NASA‐Ames Research Center have found evidence for a central star surrounded by a disk seen face on, a surrounding HII region and circumstellar dust. They feel that they have presented “the first substantial case for a newly formed star with a preplanetary disk.” In fact, the group feels that the object, MWC 349, in the constellation Cygnus, may contain a planet or planets in formation.

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Volume 30, Number 11

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