JWST Directly Images Giant Planet Candidates Around Two Metal-polluted White Dwarf Stars

JWST Directly Images Giant Planet Candidates Around Two Metal-polluted White Dwarf Stars

We report the discovery of two directly imaged, giant planet candidates orbiting the metal-rich, hydrogen atmosphere white dwarfs WD 1202−232 and WD 2105−82. JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) data on these two stars show a nearby resolved source at a projected separation of 11.47 and 34.62 au, r...

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Main Authors: Susan E. Mullally, John Debes, Misty Cracraft, Fergal Mullally, Sabrina Poulsen, Loic Albert, Katherine Thibault, William T. Reach, J. J. Hermes, Thomas Barclay, Mukremin Kilic, Elisa V. Quintana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
DA stars
Exoplanet astronomy
Exoplanet detection methods
James Webb Space Telescope
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2348

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https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2348

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