News Astronomy Are pictures of extrasolar planets in the offing? By Ron Cowen January 24, 2002 at 10:39 am - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print From Washington, D.C., at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society NOT QUITE A PLANET. Arrow indicates a brown dwarf, or failed star. The brown dwarf weighs about 65 times Jupiter’s mass. Liu, et al PLANETS IN THE MAKING? Proto-planetary disk seen edge-on through an adaptive optics system on the Gemini North telescope.
