The lunar phases of dust grains orbiting Fomalhaut
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The lunar phases of dust grains orbiting Fomalhaut
Optical images of the nearby star Fomalhaut show a ring of dust orbiting the central star. This dust is in many respects expected to be similar to the zodiacal dust in the solar system. The ring displays a clear brightness asymmetry, attributed to asymmetric scattering of the central starlight by the circumstellar dust grains. Recent measurements show that the bright side of the Fomalhaut ring ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy and Astrophysics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913065