Radio observations of globulettes in the Carina nebula

2017/03/24 by L. K. Haikala, Lauri Haikala, G. F. Gahm +7 · 11 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Context (archaeology) #Emission nebula #Geology #Jupiter (rocket family) #Nebula #Paleontology #Physics #Planetary nebula #Space exploration #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730508

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 602, A61 (EDP Sciences) · 8 pages

openalex publication_date 2017/03/24 · arxiv created 2017/03/28 · arxiv updated 2017/06/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. The Carina nebula hosts a large number of globulettes. An optical study of these tiny molecular clouds shows that the majority are of planetary mass, but there are also those with masses of several tens up to a few hundred Jupiter masses.

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