ALMA Image of the Disk (IMAGE)

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ALMA Image of the Disk

Caption

ALMA image of the disk around the young star TW Hydrae. Several gaps are clearly depicted. Researchers found that the size of the dust particles in the inner 22 au gap is smaller than in the other bright regions and guess that a planet similar to Neptune is located in this gap.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tsukagoshi et al.

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