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J1407b: Super-Saturn

J1407b: Super-Saturn

Artist’s conception of the extrasolar ring system circling the young giant planet or brown dwarf J1407b. The rings are shown eclipsing the young sun-like star J1407, as they would have appeared in early 2007.

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Ron Miller

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