HD 98800 star system. Artwork,based on Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) infrared observations,of the dust rings surrounding a binary star system in the four-star HD 98800 system. The other two stars,also forming a binary pair,are at upper right. These four stars are all a young star type known as a T-Tauri. The SST observations,because they were carried out in infrared,revealed gaps in the dust disc that indicate that planets may have formed. One of the planets would be orbiting at a distance similar to the Mars-Sun distance in our own Solar System. The HD 98800 system is about 150 light years from Earth,in the constellation Hydra | |
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