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Fomalhaut

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Fo·mal·haut  (fml-hôt)
n.
The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, 24 light-years from Earth.
[Arabic fam al-t, mouth of the fish, Fomalhaut : fam, mouth; see p in Semitic roots + al-, the + t, fish.]
Fomalhaut [ˈfəʊməˌləʊt]
n
(Astronomy) the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, possessing a protoplanetary disc. Distance: 25 light years. Spectral type A3V
[from Arabic fum'l-hūt mouth of the fish, referring to its position in the constellation]


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This month, Clampin and his colleagues are using the Keek Observatory to hunt for planets near the lopsided ring around Fomalhaut.
Panning distant dust: the hunt for extrasolar planets gets dirty by Cowen, Ron / Science News
The newly imaged inner region of the disk comes as close to Fomalhaut as Saturn does to the sun and may mark the location of an inner asteroid belt circling the star, notes Stapelfeldt.
Orbiting telescope views infrared universe by Cowen, R. / Science News
In contrast, three other stars now known to have dust rings--Vega, Fomalhaut, and Beta Pictoris--are much younger and more massive than the sun (SN: 4/25/98, p.
Epsilon Eridani: an early solar system? by Cowen, Ron / Science News
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