A disc of rocky debris from a disrupted planetesimal
A disc of rocky debris from a disrupted planetesimal surrounds white dwarf plus brown dwarf binary star. The white dwarf is the burned-out core of a star that was probably similar to the Sun, the brown dwarf is only ~60 times heavier than Jupiter, and the two stars go around each other in only a bit over two hours. Credit:
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/UCL/University of Warwick/University of Sheffield//Mark Garlick
About the Image
| Id: | geminiann17003a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | Feb. 23, 2017, 1:58 p.m. |
| Related announcements: | geminiann17003 |
| Size: | 4500 x 6000 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Illustrations |
