Artist's Conception of the Extrasolar Ring System with Saturn Comparison (IMAGE)
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This is an artist's conception of the extrasolar ring system circling the young giant planet or brown dwarf J1407b with Saturn and its ring system to scale (in upper right quadrant). The rings are shown eclipsing the young sun-like star J1407, as they would have appeared in early 2007. The best fit model is consistent with a system of at least 30 rings, and there are gaps where satellites ("exomoons") may have already formed.
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Credit: Ron Miller
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