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Goddard TV Video Tape: G2011-112 -- Spiral Arms Point to Possible Planets in a Star's Dusty Disk

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Two spiral arms emerge from the gas-rich disk around SAO 206462, a young star in the constellation Lupus. This image, acquired by the Subaru Telescope and its HiCIAO instrument, is the first to show spiral arms in a circumstellar disk. The disk itself is some 14 billion miles across, or about twice the size of Pluto's orbit in our own solar system. No Labels. Credit: NAOJ/Subaru Spiral Arms Point to Possible Planets in a Star's Dusty Disk