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A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf

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  • Andrew Vanderburg

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • John Asher Johnson

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Saul Rappaport

    (and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Allyson Bieryla

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Jonathan Irwin

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • John Arban Lewis

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • David Kipping

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    Columbia University)

  • Warren R. Brown

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Patrick Dufour

    (Institut de Recherche sur les Exoplanètes, Départment de Physique, Université de Montréal)

  • David R. Ciardi

    (NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, California Institute of Technology)

  • Ruth Angus

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    University of Oxford)

  • Laura Schaefer

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • David W. Latham

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • David Charbonneau

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Charles Beichman

    (NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, California Institute of Technology)

  • Jason Eastman

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Nate McCrady

    (University of Montana)

  • Robert A. Wittenmyer

    (School of Physics and Australian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales)

  • Jason T. Wright

    (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park)

Abstract

The atmospheres of white dwarfs often contain elements heavier than helium, even though these elements would be expected to settle into the stars’ interiors; observations of the white dwarf WD 1145+017 suggest that disintegrating rocky bodies are orbiting the star, perhaps contributing heavy elements to its atmosphere.

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  • Andrew Vanderburg & John Asher Johnson & Saul Rappaport & Allyson Bieryla & Jonathan Irwin & John Arban Lewis & David Kipping & Warren R. Brown & Patrick Dufour & David R. Ciardi & Ruth Angus & Laura , 2015. "A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf," Nature, Nature, vol. 526(7574), pages 546-549, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:526:y:2015:i:7574:d:10.1038_nature15527
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15527
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