Zooming in on the PDS 70 system, host to planet PDS 70b and a possible Trojan
This sequence takes the viewer towards the southern constellation of Centaurus. We zoom in on the orange dwarf star PDS 70, which is located about 400 light-years away and has at least two planets orbiting it. The final shot shows the spectacular new image, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of the PDS 70 system, where the planet PDS 70b and its Trojan cloud of debris are in the same orbit around the central star.
Credit:ESO/L. Calçada/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) /Balsalobre-Ruza et al. Music: Astral electronic.
About the Video
Id: | eso2311b |
Release date: | 19 July 2023, 14:00 |
Related releases: | eso2311 |
Duration: | 50 s |
Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
Name: | PDS 70 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary |
Category: | Exoplanets |