Infrared Spectra of Doppelganger Planets (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Infrared Spectra of Doppelganger Planets

Caption

The infrared spectra of 2MASS 0249 c (top) and beta Pictoris b (bottom) are similar, as expected for two objects of comparable mass that formed in the same stellar nursery. Unlike 2MASS 0249 c, beta Pictoris b orbits much closer to its massive host star and is embedded in a bright circumstellar disk.

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T. Dupuy, ESO/A.-M. Lagrange et al.

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