Hubble Directly Measures Rotation of Cloudy 'Super-Jupiter' (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Directly Measures Rotation of Cloudy 'Super-Jupiter'

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This is an illustration of a planet that is four times the mass of Jupiter and orbits 5 billion miles from a brown dwarf companion object (the bright red star seen in the background). The planet is only 170 light-years away. Our sun is a faint star in the background.

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Credits: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon/STScI

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