Episode Title
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Series Title
Walkabout the Galaxy
Keywords
Kuiper Belt Object
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics
Description
Stars have a voracious appetite, gobbling up most of the stuff in their immediate neighborhood, leaving just a few scraps to make planets. Sometimes, though, even the planets do not escape the stellar maw. In this episode of Walkabout, the astroquarks discuss a neat observation that shows a star likely gobbled several rocky worlds at some point in its past. Plus, help NASA name a Kuiper Belt Object, and find out the link between the planet eater and Greek mythology in this episode's trivia.
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Date Created
11-17-2017
Item Type
Podcast
Type
article
Length of Episode
42:00
Recommended Citation
Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "Kronos the Planet Eater" (2017). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 34.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/34
