Brown
dwarf with asteroid ring
This brown
dwarf is host to a disk composed primarily of asteroids and boulders. The light
from this dwarf is barely enough to illuminate the surface of this
primitive planet. At a distance of about 1.5 million miles, the orbit of this
planet is aligned to the plane of the rings with the result that they appear as
a fuzzy line occulting the glowing face of this brown dwarf.
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