罕见的双星系统(文献英语翻译).doc

罕见闪光灯恒星实际可能是双星系统 译文This Hubble image shows a a mysteriousprotostar, LRLL 54361, that behaves like a flashing light. The image wasreleased Feb. 7, 2013.CREDIT: NASA, ESA, J. Muzerolle (STScI)这幅哈勃望远镜图像显示了一个神秘的原恒星LRLL 54361,其行为像一个闪光灯。该图像发布于2013年2月7日。来源:美国宇航局、欧空局、J·沐泽洛尔(太空望远镜科学研究所)An odd flashing star may actually be a pairof cosmic twins: two newly formed baby stars that circle each other closely andflash like a strobe light, scientists say.一颗古怪的闪烁恒星实际上可能是一对宇宙双胞胎:两颗新形成的幼年恒星彼此紧密环绕并且像一个闪光灯一样闪烁,科学家说。Astronomers discovered the nascent starsystem, called LRLL 54361, with the infrared Spitzer observatory and the HubbleSpace Telescope, and say the rare cosmic find could offer a chance to studystar formation and early evolution. It is only the third such strobelight object ever seen, researchers said.天文学家通过斯皮策红外观测站和哈勃太空望远镜发现了这个新生的称为LRLL 54361的恒星系统,并且表示这个罕见的宇宙发现可能提供一种研究恒星的形成和早期演化的机会。只有三分之一这样的“闪光灯”天体曾经被看到过,研究人员说。The celestial oddity is located about 950light-years from Earth and lets out a bright pulse of light every 25.34 days.Hubble telescope scientists said the baby star object (or protostar) is themost powerful such stellar strobe found to date. But understanding whats causingthe flashing light is difficult, because the system is hidden behind opaquedust and a dense disk of material.这个古怪的天体位于距离地球大约950光年的地方,并且每25.34天发射出一束明亮的光脉冲。哈勃望远镜的科学家认为这个恒星幼体(或原恒星)是迄今为止发现的最强大的恒星频闪。但理解是什么导致了这种闪光是很困难的,因为该系统隐藏在不透明的尘埃和一个稠密的物质圆盘之后。/u50/v_ODY2ODgzOTk.html#fromoutpvid=ODY2ODgzOTk（视频地址）This protostar has such largebrightness variations with a precise period that it is very difficult toexplain, astronomer James Muzerolle of the Space Telescope ScienceInstitute in Baltimore, Md., said in a statement. Muzerolle is the lead authorof a paper detailing the finding published recently in the journal Nature.“这颗原恒星有如此之大的有着精确周期的亮度变化,这是很难解释的,” 位于巴尔的摩的太空望远镜科学研究所的天文学家詹姆斯·沐泽洛尔博士在一份声明中说。沐泽洛尔是最近发表在《自然》杂志上的一篇详细描述了该发现的论文的主要作者。This infrared image from the NASA/ESAHubble Space Telescope sh