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Protoplanetary Disk

Object Type: Protoplanetary Disk
Parent Star: Fomalhaut (A3 V)
Discovery Status: Imaged
Habitability: Planet at outer edge of Habitable Zone at Mean Orbital Distance
Mass: << NO DATA >>
Mean Distance: 5 AU
System Age: 100 - 300 Myr
Year Discovered: 1998
Detection Method: Radio Imagery
Discovered By: Holland et al

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False Color Image of the Fomalhaut Disk
False color image of the dust emission around Fomalhaut, taken with SCUBA at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope.

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