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A planetesimal orbiting within the debris disc around a white dwarf star

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arxiv 1904.02163 v1 pith:3X3NPPDR submitted 2019-04-03 astro-ph.EP astro-ph.SR

A planetesimal orbiting within the debris disc around a white dwarf star

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Many white dwarf stars show signs of having accreted smaller bodies, implying that they may host planetary systems. A small number of these systems contain gaseous debris discs, visible through emission lines. We report a stable 123.4min periodic variation in the strength and shape of the CaII emission line profiles originating from the debris disc around the white dwarf SDSSJ122859.93+104032.9. We interpret this short-period signal as the signature of a solid body held together by its internal strength.

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