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A planetesimal orbiting within the debris disc around a white dwarf star

Manser, Christopher J. ; Gänsicke, Boris T. ; Eggl, Siegfried ; Hollands, Mark ; Izquierdo, Paula ; Koester, Detlev ; Landstreet, John D. ; Lyra, Wladimir ; Marsh, Thomas R. and Meru, Farzana , et al. (2019) In Science 364(6435). p.66-69
Abstract

Many white dwarf stars show signs of having accreted smaller bodies, implying that they may host planetary systems. A small number of these systems contain gaseous debris discs, visible through emission lines. We report a stable 123.4-minute periodic variation in the strength and shape of the Ca II emission line profiles originating from the debris disc around the white dwarf SDSS J122859.93+104032.9. We interpret this short-period signal as the signature of a solid-body planetesimal held together by its internal strength.

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Astronomy, Planetary Sciences, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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Science
volume
364
issue
6435
pages
4 pages
publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
external identifiers
  • pmid:30948547
  • scopus:85064315993
ISSN
1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.aat5330
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A unified picture of white dwarf planetary systems
IMPACT: Comets, asteroids and the habitability of planets
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English
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yes
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0f213c86-2f00-4e5d-8bf1-102d4b6d0dbb
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.02163
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  abstract     = {{<p>Many white dwarf stars show signs of having accreted smaller bodies, implying that they may host planetary systems. A small number of these systems contain gaseous debris discs, visible through emission lines. We report a stable 123.4-minute periodic variation in the strength and shape of the Ca II emission line profiles originating from the debris disc around the white dwarf SDSS J122859.93+104032.9. We interpret this short-period signal as the signature of a solid-body planetesimal held together by its internal strength.</p>}},
  author       = {{Manser, Christopher J. and Gänsicke, Boris T. and Eggl, Siegfried and Hollands, Mark and Izquierdo, Paula and Koester, Detlev and Landstreet, John D. and Lyra, Wladimir and Marsh, Thomas R. and Meru, Farzana and Mustill, Alexander J. and Rodríguez-Gil, Pablo and Toloza, Odette and Veras, Dimitri and Wilson, David J. and Burleigh, Matthew R. and Davies, Melvyn B. and Farihi, Jay and Fusillo, Nicola Gentile and de Martino, Domitilla and Parsons, Steven G. and Quirrenbach, Andreas and Raddi, Roberto and Reffert, Sabine and Santo, Melania Del and Schreiber, Matthias R. and Silvotti, Roberto and Toonen, Silvia and Villaver, Eva and Wyatt, Mark and Xu, Siyi and Zwart, Simon Portegies}},
  issn         = {{1095-9203}},
  keywords     = {{Astronomy; Planetary Sciences; Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{04}},
  number       = {{6435}},
  pages        = {{66--69}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}},
  series       = {{Science}},
  title        = {{A planetesimal orbiting within the debris disc around a white dwarf star}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aat5330}},
  doi          = {{10.1126/science.aat5330}},
  volume       = {{364}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}