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Brown dwarf with asteroid ring

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: a-eto99-00105

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm

This brown dwarf is host to a disk composed primarily of asteroids and boulders. The light from this dwarf is barely enough to illuminate the surface of this primitive planet. At a distance of about 1.5 million miles, the orbit of this planet is aligned to the plane of the rings with the result that they appear as a fuzzy line occulting the glowing face of this brown dwarf.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTEROID - ASTEROID BELT - ASTRONOMY - BROWN DWARF - DUST - DWARF - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - ILLUSTRATION - STAR -