Time-Lapse Of Four Large Exoplanets Orbit A Star In 12-Years from bfrc hr Watch Video

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12 years of W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of star system HR 8799 have been time-lapsed. The system hosts four planets that are more massive than Jupiter. <br/><br/>Video making & motion interpolation: Jason Wang (UC Berkeley)<br/>Data analysis: William Thompson (UVic) & Christian Marois (NRC Herzberg)<br/>Orbit determination: Quinn Konopacky (UCSD)<br/>Data Taking: Bruce Macintosh (Stanford), Travis Barman (University of Arizona), Ben Zuckerman (UCLA)<br/>Data from the W. M. Keck Observatory<br/>Animation: NASA<br/>Edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta<br/>Music: Missing of Times by Joseph Beg / courtesy of Epidemic Sound