Artist's Impression of the Protoplanetary Disk around a Young Star V883 Ori (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Artist's Impression of the Protoplanetary Disk around a Young Star V883 Ori

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The outer part of the disk is cold and dust particles are covered with ice. ALMA detected various complex organic molecules around the snow line of water in the disk.

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National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

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