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Planet formation captured in photo., Planets forming around an infant star.
MahFL
post Nov 6 2014, 02:50 PM
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As reported by the BBC :

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post Nov 6 2014, 10:28 PM
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Using what I take to be Jupiter's orbit (fourth in from the outside), it looks like 5 AU is about the width of the bands around the star. If the bands themselves are considered the smallest resolved feature, then the scale matches. So perhaps not too much should be made of any perceived details within the bands.

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- MahFL   Planet formation captured in photo.   Nov 6 2014, 02:50 PM
- - Floyd   Very nice. The ALMA radio telescope is amazing--a...   Nov 6 2014, 03:24 PM
- - Gerald   Repeating the observation periodically would be co...   Nov 6 2014, 03:37 PM
- - machi   I suppose that we cannot expect some fast changes ...   Nov 6 2014, 07:11 PM
|- - katodomo   It says in the notes for the text on the ESO page ...   Nov 6 2014, 08:13 PM
|- - ngunn   Looking at the image that seems about right to me....   Nov 6 2014, 10:20 PM
- - centsworth_II   Using what I take to be Jupiter's orbit (fourt...   Nov 6 2014, 10:28 PM
- - ngunn   Rarely can two consecutive posts have made so exac...   Nov 6 2014, 11:12 PM
- - MarsInMyLifetime   What is the origin/nature of the electromagnetic d...   Nov 7 2014, 03:27 AM
- - JRehling   Here's are my thoughts, along with a quick and...   Nov 7 2014, 11:46 AM
- - machi   QUOTE (MarsInMyLifetime @ Nov 7 2014, 04...   Nov 7 2014, 02:51 PM
- - MarsInMyLifetime   QUOTE (machi @ Nov 7 2014, 08:51 AM) It...   Nov 7 2014, 04:15 PM

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