CoKu Tau 4This T Tauri star possesses an extensive dust disk. In whose middle is not only the star, but a gap with a diameter of 10 AU. This gap to all appearances was caused by a planet, which formed out of this dust and gas. It would be the youngest planet known to us.Constellation: Taurus Age: 1 million years Distance: 420 light-years Spectral class: M1.5 Visual magnitude: 14.9 Back: List of Exoplanets 05/13/2007 |
Graphic: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech) |
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