An early extrasolar planetary system revealed by planetesimal belts in β Pictoris

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7009, 2004, Pages 660-663

  Okamoto, Yoshiko Kataza ^a,b,e   Kataza, Hirokazu ^b   Honda, Mitsuhiko ^c   Yamashita, Takuya ^d   Onaka, Takashi ^c   Watanabe, Jun Ichi ^d   Miyata, Takashi ^c   Sako, Shigeyuki ^c   Fujiyoshi, Takuya ^d   Sakon, Itsuki ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^e IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DUST; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFRARED DEVICES; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADIATION;

COMETS; PROTOPLANETARY DISK; RADIATION PRESSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DUST; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN;

EID: 6044267482     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02948     Document Type: Article

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