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A planet on an inclined orbit as an explanation of the warp in the β Pictoris disc

A planet on an inclined orbit as an explanation of the warp in the β Pictoris disc

We consider the deformation that has recently been observed in the inner part of the circumstellar disk around Beta Pictoris with the HST. Our recent ground based adaptive optics coronographic observations confirm that the inner disk is warped. We investigate the hypothesis that a yet undetected planet is responsible for …