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Direct Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Young Embedded Protoplanet WISPIT 2c

  • Authors: Chloe Lawlor, Richelle F. van Capelleveen, Guillaume Bourdarot, Christian Ginski, Matthew A. Kenworthy, Tomas Stolker, Laird Close, Alexander J. Bohn, Frank Eisenhauer, Paulo Garcia, Sebastian F. Hönig, Jens Kammerer, Laura Kreidberg, Sylvestre Lacour, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Eric Mamajek, Mathias Nowak, Thibaut Paumard, Christian Straubmeier, Nienke van der Marel

Chloe Lawlor et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1000 .

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K-band GRAVITY spectra of PDS 70b, HR8799 e (J. Kammerer et al. 2025), and WISPIT 2 c. Offsets have been applied along the y-axis The CO feature (highlighted by the pink box) can be clearly seen in HR8799 and WISPIT 2 c, but is lacking in PDS 70b.

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