Comet-like mineralogy of olivine crystals in an extrasolar proto-Kuiper belt

B. L. de Vries (), B. Acke, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, C. Waelkens, L. B. F. M. Waters, B. Vandenbussche, M. Min, G. Olofsson, C. Dominik, L. Decin, M. J. Barlow, A. Brandeker, J. Di Francesco, A. M. Glauser, J. Greaves, P. M. Harvey, W. S. Holland, R. J. Ivison, R. Liseau, E. E. Pantin, G. L. Pilbratt, P. Royer and B. Sibthorpe
Additional contact information
B. L. de Vries: Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
B. Acke: Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
J. A. D. L. Blommaert: Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
C. Waelkens: Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
L. B. F. M. Waters: SRON, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
B. Vandenbussche: Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
M. Min: Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
G. Olofsson: Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
C. Dominik: Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
L. Decin: Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
M. J. Barlow: University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
A. Brandeker: Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
J. Di Francesco: National Research Council of Canada, 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V9E 2E7, Canada
A. M. Glauser: ETH Zurich, Institute for Astronomy, Wolfgang-Paulistrasse 27, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
J. Greaves: SUPA, Physics and Astronomy, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
P. M. Harvey: University of Texas
W. S. Holland: UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK
R. J. Ivison: UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK
R. Liseau: Earth and Space Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, 439 92 Onsala, Sweden
E. E. Pantin: Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM-CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/Service d’Astrophysique, Bâtiment 709, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
G. L. Pilbratt: ESTEC/SRE-SA, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
P. Royer: Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
B. Sibthorpe: UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK

Nature, 2012, vol. 490, issue 7418, 74-76

Abstract: Analysis of the 69-micrometre spectral band of olivine crystals in the β Pictoris planetary system shows that they can be associated with an extrasolar proto-Kuiper belt, are rich in magnesium and make up about 3.6 per cent of the dust mass in the system — properties remarkably similar to those of olivine crystals from primitive comets in the Solar System.

Date: 2012
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11469 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:490:y:2012:i:7418:d:10.1038_nature11469

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/nature11469

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().