gsw@hou5f.UUCP (Gordon Watson) (08/10/83)
Seen on lunch-time television news today: a solar system has been found around Vega. I think they said the system is still being formed - Vega is a much younger star than ours. I therefor assume that no planets have been detected. Is this the first time dust has been found around a star, or what? Any more details anyone? Gordon Watson AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel, Room IJ314a
alb@alice.UUCP (08/11/83)
It is *NOT* dust. Scientists were very deliberate to point out that they KNOW the particles are not dust. (1) Dust would have blown away when Vega ignited and (2) the infrared telescope wouldn't have seen the dust. Although they do not know howbig the particles are, they do know they are at least as big as ''buckshot.''