Sentences with phrase «dunes key program»
The majority of these systems are unresolved and analysis of the dust properties is limited by the lack of information regarding the dust location.vThe Herschel DUNES key program is observing 133 nearby, Sun - like stars (< 20 pc, FGK spectral type) in a volume... ▽ More Dusty debris discs around main sequence stars are thought to be the result of continuous collisional grinding of planetesimals in the system.
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The majority of these systems are unresolved and analysis of the dust properties is limited by the lack of information regarding the dust location.vThe Herschel DUNES key program is observing 133 nearby, Sun - like stars (< 20 pc, FGK spectral type) in a volume limited survey to constrain the absolute incidence of cold dust around these stars by detection of far infrared excess emission at flux levels comparable to the Edgeworth - Kuiper belt (EKB).