Here’s the article on arXiv: http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/all:+AND+belt+AND+asteroid+AND+Vega+system/0/1/0... On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:08 AM, Kelly Ricks <kellyalenericks@gmail.com> wrote:
Usually when I've said something about Vega to visitors at a star party, it's that Vega's the star from which Jodie Foster was receiving the alien message. What a great bit of actual information to add on to that! Thanks for sharing this!
~Kelly
Message: 4 Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 17:06:36 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> To: Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Extrasolar asteroids discovered around Vega Message-ID: <1357779996.326.YahooMailNeo@web163901.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
"During observations of Vega, that is located 25 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, it became apparent that the star plays host to a warm inner belt of asteroids and an outer, cool belt ten-times further out from the star, separated by a gap. This may sound familiar -- our solar system possesses an inner belt of asteroids (the Asteroid Belt that can be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) and, ten-times further away, an outer belt of asteroids and cometary nuclei (the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Neptune). This conforming 1:10 ratio is very interesting to astronomers."
http://news.discovery.com/space/massive-asteroid-belts-discovered-around-veg...
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