Brown Dwarf Companion
spitzer_sig06-022 September 18th, 2006
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / T. Pyle (SSC)
This is an artist's concept of the star HD 3651 as it is orbited by a close-in Saturn-mass planetary companion and the distant brown dwarf companion discovered by Spitzer infrared photographs. The Saturn-mass planet was discovered through Doppler observations in 2003. Its orbit is very small, the size of Mercury's, and is highly elliptical. The gravity of the distant brown dwarf companion may be reponsible for the distorted shape of the inner planet's orbit.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2230-sig06-022-Brown-Dwarf-Companion
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
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Image Details
- ID
- sig06-022
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.1. B.1.1.2. B.3.2.3. B.3.3.6
- Subject Name
- HD 3651
- Credits
- NASA / JPL-Caltech / T. Pyle (SSC)
- Release Date
- 2006-09-18
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2230-sig06-022-Brown-Dwarf-Companion
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- Artwork
- Image Quality
- Good
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- Equinox
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- FITS Header
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- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- sig06-022.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0001/5599/sig06-022.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-10-11
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
