Surprise planet found around extreme star pair (ESOcast 247 Light)

ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured an image of a planet orbiting b Centauri, a pair of stars that can be seen with the naked eye. Find out why this next-door planetary system is extreme in this short video.

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Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Martin Wallner.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Juliet Hannay and Giulio Mazzolo.
Music: Stellardrone — Milky Way.
Footage and photos: ESO, Janson et al., L. Calçada, Space Engine (spaceengine.org), Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com) and C. Malin (christophmalin.com).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

Sobre el vídeo

Identificador:eso2118a
Fecha de publicación:8 de Diciembre de 2021 a las 17:00
Noticias relacionadas:eso2118
Duración:01 m 30 s
Frame rate:25 fps

Sobre el objeto

Nombre:b Centauri
Tipo:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Categoría:ESOcast
Exoplanets

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