Computer simulation of dust trap formation
This computer simulation shows how a vortex can form when a massive planet is interacting with a disc around a young star. It shows how the gas density evolves when there is a planet, with a mass ten times that of Jupiter, located at 20 times the Earth-Sun distance from the central star. A large-scale vortex is created at the outer edge of the gap, which can live for more than 1000 of the planet's orbits. This vortex can trap millimeter-sized particles over million years timescales and explain the high contrast structure observed with ALMA in the disc around Oph-IRS 48.
Credit:P. Pinilla/ESO
About the Video
Id: | eso1325d |
Release date: | 6 June 2013, 20:00 |
Related releases: | eso1325 |
Duration: | 56 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Oph-IRS 48, Ophiuchus |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object |
Category: | HD Videos (disabled) Stars |