Artist's conceptualization of a white and brown dwarfs
From a not too distant perspective, as seen in this artist's conceptualization, the white dwarf and brown dwarf pair would present an unusual spectacle: a small Earth-size hot blue star orbited by a much larger, few Jupiter-sized, very red brown dwarf.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Lomberg
About the Image
Id: | geminiann06024a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | Dec. 12, 2006, 2:47 p.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann06024 |
Size: | 500 x 500 px |
About the Object
Name: | Jupiter |
Category: | Illustrations Stars |