IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v490y2012i7418d10.1038_nature11469.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Comet-like mineralogy of olivine crystals in an extrasolar proto-Kuiper belt

Author

Listed:
  • B. L. de Vries

    (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • B. Acke

    (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • J. A. D. L. Blommaert

    (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • C. Waelkens

    (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • L. B. F. M. Waters

    (SRON, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • B. Vandenbussche

    (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • M. Min

    (Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • G. Olofsson

    (Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • C. Dominik

    (Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

  • L. Decin

    (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
    Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • M. J. Barlow

    (University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • A. Brandeker

    (Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • J. Di Francesco

    (National Research Council of Canada, 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V9E 2E7, Canada)

  • A. M. Glauser

    (ETH Zurich, Institute for Astronomy, Wolfgang-Paulistrasse 27, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
    UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • J. Greaves

    (SUPA, Physics and Astronomy, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK)

  • P. M. Harvey

    (University of Texas)

  • W. S. Holland

    (UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK
    Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • R. J. Ivison

    (UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • R. Liseau

    (Earth and Space Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, 439 92 Onsala, Sweden)

  • E. E. Pantin

    (Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/Service d’Astrophysique, Bâtiment 709, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France)

  • G. L. Pilbratt

    (ESTEC/SRE-SA, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands)

  • P. Royer

    (Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

  • B. Sibthorpe

    (UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

Abstract

Analysis of the 69-micrometre spectral band of olivine crystals in the β Pictoris planetary system shows that they can be associated with an extrasolar proto-Kuiper belt, are rich in magnesium and make up about 3.6 per cent of the dust mass in the system — properties remarkably similar to those of olivine crystals from primitive comets in the Solar System.

Suggested Citation

  • B. L. de Vries & B. Acke & J. A. D. L. Blommaert & C. Waelkens & L. B. F. M. Waters & B. Vandenbussche & M. Min & G. Olofsson & C. Dominik & L. Decin & M. J. Barlow & A. Brandeker & J. Di Francesco & , 2012. "Comet-like mineralogy of olivine crystals in an extrasolar proto-Kuiper belt," Nature, Nature, vol. 490(7418), pages 74-76, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:490:y:2012:i:7418:d:10.1038_nature11469
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11469
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11469
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nature11469?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:490:y:2012:i:7418:d:10.1038_nature11469. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.