A Disc Of Rocky Debris From A Disrupted Planetesimal Surrounds White Dwarf Plus Brown Dwarf Binary S (IMAGE)

University College London

A Disc Of Rocky Debris From A Disrupted Planetesimal Surrounds White Dwarf Plus Brown Dwarf Binary S

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The white dwarf is the burn-out core of a star that was probably similar to the Sun, the brown dwarf is only ~60 times heavier than Jupiter, and the two stars go around each other in only a bit over two hours.

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Mark Garlick, UCL, University of Warwick and University of Sheffield

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