Exocomet
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An exocomet, or extrasolar comet, is a comet outside the Solar System, which includes rogue comets and comets that orbit stars other than the Sun. The first exocomets were detected in 1987 around Beta
Exocomets and various planet-formation processes around Beta Pictoris, a very young A-type main-sequence star (NASA; artist's conception).
Artist's impression of exocomets plunging into young star HD 172555.
Artist's impression of an exocomet falling into white dwarf WD 1425+540.
Hyakutake Color
Beta Pictoris
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Beta Pictoris is the second brightest star in the constellation Pictor. It is located 63.4 light-years from the Solar System, and is 1.79 times as massive and 8.7 times as luminous as the Sun. The Bet
Exocomet
…outside the Solar System, which includes rogue comets and comets that orbit stars other than the Sun. The first exocomets were detected in 1987 around Beta Pictoris, a very young A-type main-sequence star. There are now (as of February 2019) a total of 27 stars around which exocomets have been observed or suspected…
Artist's impression of the planet Beta Pictoris b
Artist's impression of Beta Pictoris
Hubble Space Telescope image of the main and secondary debris disks