AB Aurigae
(AB Aur)
(YSO with disk apparently forming planets)
AB Aurigae is a Herbig Ae star, a type of young stellar object (YSO), that
has a protoplanetary disk with a gap and some spiral
structure that suggest planet formation or possibly a
brown-dwarf binary companion, which is referred to as
AB Aurigae b.
Characteristics:
(star,PMS star,exoplanets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB_Aurigae
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=AB+Aurigae
https://www.circumstellardisks.org/show.php?id=10
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/8484/ab-aurigae-b/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...840...32T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022NatAs...6..751C/abstract
| Redshift | Parsecs
/Distance | Lightyears
/Lookback Years | | |
| ~0 | 163pc | 532ly | | AB Aurigae |
|
| Coordinates: | AB Aur
J045545.84600+303304.2933 |
|
Referenced by page:
A-type star (A)
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