Artist's Impression of the Hot Massive Supergiant Zeta Puppis (IMAGE)

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Artist's Impression of the Hot Massive Supergiant Zeta Puppis

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Artist's impression of the hot massive supergiant Zeta Puppis. The rotation period of the star indicated by the new BRITE observations is 1.78 d, and its spin axis is inclined by (24 ± 9)° with respect to the line of sight.

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Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa

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