Fastest Rotating Star Found in Neighboring Galaxy : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Fastest Rotating Star Found in Neighboring Galaxy / NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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| 説明 | NASA image release December 5, 2011This is an artist's concept of the fastest rotating star found to date. The massive, bright young star, called VFTS 102, rotates at a million miles per hour, or 100 times faster than our Sun does. Centrifugal forces from this dizzying spin rate have flattened the star into an oblate shape and spun off a disk of hot plasma, seen edge on in this view from a hypothetical planet. The star may have "spun up" by accreting material from a binary companion star. The rapidly evolving companion later exploded as a supernova. The whirling star lies 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.The team will use NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make precise measurements of the star's proper motion across space.To read more go to: hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/39/full/Image Type: ArtworkCredit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)NASA image use policy.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.Follow us on TwitterLike us on FacebookFind us on Instagram |
| 撮影日 | 2011-11-29 13:02:00 |
| 撮影者 | NASA Goddard Photo and Video , Greenbelt, MD, USA |
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