Disc around young star

Artist's impression of the environment of a young star, showing the geometry of the dust disc in the outer area and the hot gas disc closer to the central star. Note that the image is not to scale and the inner gas disc, which was studied by the astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, is smaller than the distance between the Earth and the Sun, while the whole disc is tens of times larger.

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Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

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Identificazione:eso0835a
Tipo:Illustrazione
Data di rilascio:10 Ottobre 2008
Notizie relative:eso0835
Grandezza:2818 x 1990 px

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Nome:Stars
Tipo:Solar System : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk
Categoria:Illustrations
Stars

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