SMSS J2003-1142
(J200322.54-114203.3, SMSS 2003-1142)
(unusual giant star in Milky Way halo)
SMSS J2003-1142 is a giant chemically peculiar star, having a
very low metallicity but including r-process elements.
This implies it formed from a cloud of material that is
little-processed, but the processing included some type of event
that hosted the r-process, making the star of research interest.
(star,giant star,metallicity)
Further reading:
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-massive-explosion-mystery-star.html
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=SMSS+J200322.54-114203.3
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021Natur.595..223Y/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.507.4102Y/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.518.1557R/abstract
| Redshift | Parsecs
/Distance | Lightyears
/Lookback Years | | |
| ~0 | 2.30kpc | 7.50kly | | SMSS J2003-1142 |
|
| Coordinates: | SMSS J2003-1142
J200322.54-114203.3 |
|
Index