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Brown dwarf with a large debris ring

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: a-eto99-00106

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm

This imaginary high-mass brown dwarf has a larger disk than the previous renderings. The perspective is from the equator of an airless planet, orbiting the brown dwarf at a distance of about 4 million miles. This planet's orbit is very nearly aligned to the plane of the rings, hence the debris appears as a sword-like straight line.

Keywords for this photo:

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