A Circumplanetary Disk Around PDS70 C [pdf]
willemojnr 2021-08-19 14:01:18 +0000 UTC [ - ]
I'm confused though... doesn't our own Saturn have a circumplanetary disk?
leephillips 2021-08-19 14:05:58 +0000 UTC [ - ]
What is new here is the clear observation of a circumplanetary disk around an exoplanet. Such disks are where moons are formed, so this is the first observation of a moon-forming process outside of our solar system.
junon 2021-08-19 14:07:31 +0000 UTC [ - ]
Is that really true? We've never seen moons forming elsewhere in the universe?
koheripbal 2021-08-19 14:12:44 +0000 UTC [ - ]
Remember that we cannot even see exo-planets visually (with one or two very nearby exceptions).
marcodiego 2021-08-19 16:15:51 +0000 UTC [ - ]
baking 2021-08-19 14:50:23 +0000 UTC [ - ]
rendall 2021-08-19 13:50:05 +0000 UTC [ - ]
wthomp 2021-08-19 14:04:01 +0000 UTC [ - ]
baking 2021-08-19 14:03:15 +0000 UTC [ - ]
I am particularly interested in why we are on a planet that is so rich in phosphorus and the final phrase about "delivery of chemically enriched material to planetary atmospheres" is a real tease.
dcuthbertson 2021-08-19 14:01:37 +0000 UTC [ - ]