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© philcUK
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Uploaded: 07/27/07 1:26 PM GMT
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A CGI concept illustration of the quadruple solar system, HD 98800. NASA's Spitzer space telescope recently discovered new details about the system, which is still relatively young, at 10 million years old. One of its two pairs of stars is circled by a dusty disk, which contains materials that clump together to form planets. Spitzer’s infrared cameras detected gaps in the dust rings caused by infant planets that are growing in size and carving out lanes in the dust.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
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&philcUK
07/27/07 1:27 PM GMT
Spitzer found two gaps in the disk. The inner gap is about as far away from its central stars as Mars and the asteroid belt are from our sun. The outer gap is about as far away from its central stars as Jupiter is from the sun. HD 98800 is located 150 light-years away in the constellation TW Hydrae. The original NASA render was very low resolution so I have given it a makeover with Adobe Photoshop and DFT 55mm.
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do
Very nice makeover. You look at photos such as this, try to comprehend the distances and you begin to realize just how far we have yet to go. Ü
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ya'aa'tey
Nasa would sell alot more pictures with you workin' for em' Phil. LOL Good job buddy.
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THAT is a beauty. Love it on my desktop. Striking and mysterious. A keeper. Glad you posted this one.
Pat
Pat
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10/10 on the Voting Booth. Reminds me of some galactic monster with a couple of glowing, gold eyes. Bizarre!
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Ewelina, Poland
Quadruple solar system? Now that would be a sight! Imagine summer with four suns! lol All jokes a side though, a magnificant CGI concept. Man NASA has the best job
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Great illustration of a young solar system. 4 stars.. If life forms on the surrounding planets, they will have to use sunscreen.. lots of it.
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it looks like it has 2 eyes.
i don`t know how to explain it it just looks like a face
i don`t know how to explain it it just looks like a face
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