| Exoplanetary Scratchpad |
First brown dwarf found to have rocky grains in its dust belt, a precursor to rocky planets. Embedded in a stellar nursery 400 light years away. Scientists previously thought such a system would not be possible because they were thought to have too few dusty particles moving too quickly.
Rho-Oph 102 System Web Pages[]
Rho-Oph 102 System In the News[]
Rocky Dust Grains Found (2012)[]
- http://www.space.com/18817-brown-dwarf-earth-size-planets.html
- http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/Brown-Dwarfs-Capable-of-Making-Planets-182079361.html
- http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/6227/rocky-planets-more-common-expected
- http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1248/