Planets in orbit around β Pictoris formed the orbital architecture of planetesimal belts?

• Kimura, Hiroshi

• Fukagawa, Misato

• Tamura, Motohide

• Kobayashi, Hiroshi

• Yamamoto, Tetsuo

• Ishii, Miki

• Suto, Hiroshi

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Planets in orbit around v Pictoris formed the orbital architecture of planetesimal belts

Abstract

We report near-infrared imaging observations of the β Pic dust disk, from which we infer the orbital architecture of planetesimal belts that remain near mean motion resonances (MMRs) with a planet at 62 AU. Our results reveal that one of the previously identified planetesimal belts lies in the 2/3 MMR with the planet, similar to the resonant relation between Plutinos and Neptune. We suggest that all the previously reported planetesimal belts are located near the 2/3 MMRs of four planets whose spatial arrangements make a similar figure of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. This implies that the Solar System is a prototype of planetary systems around main-sequence stars in terms of planets' configuration, as expected from planet formation theories.

Journal

• Earth, Planets and Space

  Earth, Planets and Space 62 (1), 111-116, 2010

  Terra Scientific Publishing Company

Keywords

• stars: planetary systems
• planetary systems: formation
• Kuiper Belt
• meteors
• meteoroids

Details

• CRID: 1050564288964137472
• NII Article ID: 10029015647
• NII Book ID: AA11211921
• ISSN: 18805981
• ISSN: 13438832
• HANDLE: 2115/51012
• NDL BIB ID: 10582153
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10582153
• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: journal article
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