Figure 14-21: RIVUXG
A “Kuiper Belt” Around Another Star The star HD 139664 is only slightly more massive than the Sun but is thought to be just 300 million years old. This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a ring of material around HD 139664 that is similar in size to the Kuiper belt in our solar system. HD 139664 is 57 light-years (17 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation Lupus (the Wolf).
A “Kuiper Belt” Around Another Star The star HD 139664 is only slightly more massive than the Sun but is thought to be just 300 million years old. This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a ring of material around HD 139664 that is similar in size to the Kuiper belt in our solar system. HD 139664 is 57 light-years (17 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation Lupus (the Wolf).
(NASA; ESA; and P. Kalas [University of California, Berkeley])