Two Planet-Size Dwarfs
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered a rather unusual system, in which two planet-size stars, of different colours, orbit each other. One is a rather hot white dwarf, weighing a little bit less than half as much as the Sun. The other is a much cooler, 55 Jupiter-masses brown dwarf. Artist's impression of the newly discovered system: a brown dwarf circles a white dwarf in a little less than two hours.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0628a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 3 August 2006 |
| Related releases: | eso0628 |
| Size: | 1024 x 527 px |
About the Object
| Name: | WD0137-349 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : White Dwarf • Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf • X - Illustrations |
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