Vega: Two Belts and the Possibility of Planets
In this diagram, the Vega system, which was already known to have a cooler outer belt of comets orange, is compared to our solar system with its asteroid and Kuiper belts. The ring of warm, rocky debris was detected using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope,
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PIA16611
Date Created
January 8, 2013
Center
JPL
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