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距离地球25光年的太阳系外行星的光学图像

Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light Years from Earth

Paul Kalas, James R. Graham, Eugene Chiang, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Mark Clampin, Edwin S. Kite, Karl Stapelfeldt, Christian Marois, John Krist

摘要:

北落师门是一颗明亮的恒星,距离地球7.7秒差距(25光年),拥有一条冷尘埃带,其结构与轨道行星的引力雕刻一致。在这里,我们提出了一个系外行星候选人,北落师门b的光学观测。北落师门b在星带的平面上,距离恒星约119天文单位(AU),距离星带约18天文单位,符合预测。我们使用哈勃太空望远镜观测到的逆时针轨道运动相隔1.73年。行星与星带之间相互作用的动力学模型表明,行星的质量最多是木星质量的三倍,以避免星带的引力破坏。在800 nm处探测到的通量也与质量不超过木星几倍的行星的通量一致。在600 nm处的亮度和在较长波长处的探测不足表明,探测到的通量可能包括从环行星盘反射的星光,其尺寸与伽利略卫星的轨道相当。我们还在600 nm处观察到未知来源的变异性。

英文摘要:

Fomalhaut is a bright star 7.7 parsecs (25 light years) from Earth that harbors a belt of cold dust with a structure consistent with gravitational sculpting by an orbiting planet. Here, we present optical observations of an exoplanet candidate, Fomalhaut b. In the plane of the belt, Fomalhaut b lies approximately 119 astronomical units (AU) from the star and 18 AU from the belt, matching predictions. We detect counterclockwise orbital motion using Hubble Space Telescope observations separated by 1.73 years. Dynamical models of the interaction between the planet and the belt indicate that the planet's mass is at most three times that of Jupiter for the belt to avoid gravitational disruption. The flux detected at 800 nm is also consistent with that of a planet with mass no greater than a few times that of Jupiter. The brightness at 600 nm and the lack of detection at longer wavelengths suggest that the detected flux may include starlight reflected off a circumplanetary disk, with dimension comparable to the orbits of the Galilean satellites. We also observed variability of unknown origin at 600 nm.

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