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On the Nature of the Beta Pictoris Circumstellar Nebula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Francesco Paresce  and
Pawel Artymowicz
Francesco Paresce
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute3700 San Martin Drive Baltimore, Maryland 21218U.S.A.
Pawel Artymowicz
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute3700 San Martin Drive Baltimore, Maryland 21218U.S.A.

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We summarize the observed properties and deduced physical characteristics of the Beta Pictoris circumstellar nebula obtained from a detailed analysis of existing IR and optical data. On the basis of these results, we reject the hypothesis that the observed feature is a bipolar nebula surrounding an evolved star. We claim the nebula is a flattened disk of orbiting particles making up a planetary system in its clearing out phase as small grains collide, erode, and are swept out by radiation pressure.

Type
III. Discs, Outflows, Jets and HH Objects
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 120: Structure and Dynamics of the Interstellar Medium , 1989 , pp. 221 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1989

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