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HD 69830 planetary system, illustration
HD 69830 planetary system, illustration. HD 69830 is a yellow dwarf star located approximately 41 light-years always in the constellation of Puppis. In 2005 the Spitzer Space Telescope discovered a narrow ring of warm debris orbiting the star. The debris ring contains substantially more dust than the Solar system's asteroid belt. In 2006 three extrasolar planets with minimum masses comparable to Neptune were confirmed in orbit around the star, located interior to the debris ring. The illustration shows debris entering a thin atmosphere with polar lights.
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