A Planet-like Companion Growing up in the Fast Lane
Hubble Space Telescope (top) and Gemini North (bottom) images of the 2M J044144 system showing the smaller companion at 8:00 position. The companion has an estimated mass of between 5-10 times the mass of Jupiter. In the right panel of both the HST and Gemini images the brighter light from the brown dwarf has been removed to show the companion more clearly.
Credit:(top images): NASA, ESA, and K. Todorov and K. Luhman (Pennsylvania State); (bottom images): Gemini Observatory/AURA and K. Todorov and K. Luhman (Pennsylvania State University)
About the Image
| Id: | gemini1005a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | April 6, 2010, 8 p.m. |
| Related releases: | gemini1005 |
| Size: | 600 x 600 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Stars |
