The conceived planet is still attached to the star mother belt

Astronomers in Switzerland discovered and are tracking a planet in the process of formation, still attached to the belt of the star mother.

Discovered the planetary child tightly attached to the star mother belt

According to UPI, this discovery was made possible with the support of the Southern European Observatory. Thus, scientists have the opportunity to observe the formation of a gas planet from the beginning.

The formation of a giant planet orbiting the star HD 100546. (Photo: UPI)

The planet is orbiting a star called HD 100546, 335 light-years away. Scientists found that the planet has many similarities with Jupiter in the solar system.

This young planet is located near the outer rim of HD 100546. It is also possible that it is an old planet that is blown out but rarely do any of the old planets be thrown out of orbit that can still be attached. into the belt and grow gradually like this case, astronomers said.

Astronomer led the study, Sascha Quanz of the Zurich Institute of Technology said that nothing could be confirmed. However, this discovery is beyond the expectations of scientists, when they witnessed a planet .

His colleagues say the orbiting planet HD 100546 is still surrounded by gas, dust and debris from meteorites.

This finding gives scientists a realistic opportunity to observe the evolution of a giant star that is a hundred times the diameter of the Sun.

"We will get data from the actual observation of how a giant star formed, not just based on images made by computers, " Quanz said excitedly.