The Becklin-Neugebauer object as a runaway B star, ejected 4000 years ago from the θ1 Orionis C system

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 607, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Tan, Jonathan C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: formation; Stars: kinematics; Stars: winds, outflows

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042647023     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421721     Document Type: Article

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