Artist’s impression comparing the disc of material around SDSS J1228+1040 and Saturn
An artist's impression of the debris disc around the white dwarf SDSS J1228+1040 (left) at the same scale as Saturn and its rings (right). While the white dwarf in SDSS J1228+1040 has about seven times smaller diameter than Saturn, it has a mass 2500 times greater.
Credit:Mark Garlick (www.markgarlick.com) and University of Warwick/ESO/NASA/Cassini
About the Image
| Id: | eso1544b |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 11 November 2015, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1544 |
| Size: | 8760 x 5000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | SDSS J122859.93+104032.9 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Debris Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : White Dwarf |
| Distance: | 450 light years |
| Category: | Illustrations |
