Name: A Dwarf Star Caught Eating Its Planets. A Pro-Am Collaboration
Start: 2019-01-18T20:30:00+00:00
End: 2019-01-18T22:30:00+00:00
Location: Roy Smith Theater

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January 2019
A Dwarf Star Caught Eating Its Planets. A Pro-Am Collaboration

January 18, 2019 @ 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Roy Smith Theater 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ, United States

Dr. Mario Motta It has been theorized that white dwarf stars “eat” their planets due to disrupted orbits. Star WD1145 had an unusual transit activity now attributed to the star actively eating one of its planets, the first such observation made in a white dwarf star.

January 2019