Genesis of a pulsar's planets

WIJERS, R. A. M. J. ; VAN DEN HEUVEL, E. P. J. ; VAN KERKWIJK, M. H. ; BHATTACHARYA, D.

[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 1992
ISSN:
1476-4687
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Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
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Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
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[Auszug] SlR - Wolszczan and Frail1 have discovered at least two planets in nearly circular orbits with periods of 66.6 and 98.2 days around PSR1257+12. We propose that these planets formed before the pulsar, originally orbiting a close binary star at a distance of a few AU. The primary star ...
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