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Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light-Years from Earth

Kalas, Paul; Fitzgerald, Michael P.; Graham, James R. +6 more

Fomalhaut, a bright star 7.7 parsecs (25 light-years) from Earth, harbors a belt of cold dust with a structure consistent with gravitational sculpting by an orbiting planet. Here, we present optical observations of an exoplanet candidate, Fomalhaut b. Fomalhaut b lies about 119 astronomical units (AU) from the star and 18 AU of the dust belt, matc…