| Name | OT2_jfarihi_2 |
| Title | The Origin of the Destroyed Planetary Body at G29-38: One of Many Asteroids or a Major Rocky Planet? |
| URL | http://archives.esac.esa.int/hsa/whsa-tap-server/data?retrieval_type=OBSERVATION&observation_id=1342246681&instrument_name=PACS&product_level=LEVEL0&compress=true |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-zj3l6iq |
| Author | farihi, j. |
| Description | G29-38 is the prototype and brightest example of a white dwarf orbited by rocky debris from a tidally-destroyed planetary body. Because this warm debris orbits within 1 solarradius, the parent body must have originated in a more distant region. Thus, we suspect a persistent planetesimal belt at G29-38, that contains a substantial number and mass of remnant planetary bodies, as this best accounts for the larger family of disk- and metal-polluted white dwarfs. We propose Herschel PACS observations to detect cold dust from within this remnant population of minor planets. A lack of cool dust favors a scenario in which the observed warm dust resulted from the tidal destruction of a major rocky planet. The proposed observations are the best chance to detect such a cold disk around any metal-enriched white dwarf, and will provide insight into the fate of planetary systems at A- and F-type stars. |
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| Instrument | PACS_PacsPhoto_largeScan |
| Temporal Coverage | 2012-06-06T04:13:55Z/2012-06-06T13:37:25Z |
| Version | SPG v14.2.0 |
| Mission Description | Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities. |
| Creator Contact | https://support.cosmos.esa.int/h®erschel/ |
| Date Published | 2012-12-06T12:03:45Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-02 |
| Keywords | Herschel Space Observatory data, ESA Herschel mission dataset, far-infrared astronomy observations, submillimeter astronomy data, infrared space telescope observations, PACS photometer data, PACS spectrometer data, SPIRE photometer data, SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer data, HIFI heterodyne spectroscopy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, submillimeter spectral line observations, cold universe observations dataset, star formation infrared data, molecular cloud far-infrared observations, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, protoplanetary disk infrared observations, galaxy evolution far-infrared data, dust emission submillimeter observations, cosmic infrared background measurements, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated level 2 data products, FITS files astronomy, spectral cubes far-infrared, flux-calibrated maps, continuum photometry data, spectral energy distribution measurements, ESA Herschel Science Archive data |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, farihi et al., 2012, 'The Origin of the Destroyed Planetary Body at G29-38: One of Many Asteroids or a Major Rocky Planet?', SPG v14.2.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-zj3l6iq |