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JINA - Segue Virtual Journal, 23 October 2015

Volume 10, Issue 39 (30 Articles)

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• # 27 - A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf
  • The atmospheres of white dwarfs often contain elements heavier than helium, even though these elements would be expected to settle into the stars’, interiors, observations of the white dwarf WD 1145+017 suggest that disintegrating rocky bodies are orbiting the star, perhaps contributing heavy elements to its atmosphere.
  • Nature - Volume: 526, Issue: 7574
  • 478-602