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Image of Classic T Tauri star

Image of Classic T Tauri star

Image of Classic T Tauri star. T-Tauri stars grow by gathering material that circles them in a swirling disk. When this material gets close to the star, it is forced to follow the stars magnetic field lines and the disk is disrupted. The material lands near the magnetic poles and some is ejected back, tracing the field lines outwards as it does so.

Illustration ID: ASTRO-TTauri
Russell Kightley
Illustration size: 3.4 Mpixels (9.64 MB uncompressed) - 2000x1684 pixels (6.6x5.6 in / 16.9x14.3 cm at 300 ppi)
Illustration keywords: accreting, accretion, astronomy, astrophysics, Classic, computer graphic, cosmic, cosmos, diagram, disc, disk, field, foto, graphic, image, lines, magnetic, magnetism, magnetosphere, photo, photograph, picture, poles, space, star, T, T-Tauri, Tauri, universe
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