A bunch of really
cool objects
Two large sky surveys find six
brown dwarfs—which are bigger than planets and smaller than stars—at
unusually low temperatures.
References:
1999. Astronomers find sun's coolest neighbors. NASA Press Release.
June.
1999. Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy . . . methane? Sky survey scientists
discover new celestial dwarfs. Sloan Digital Sky Survey News Release.
May.
Sources:
Adam Burgasser
California Institute of Technology
Astronomy Option
Mailstop Code 105-24
Pasadena, CA 91125
Xiaohui Fan
Princeton University
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Peyton Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1001
J. Davy Kirkpatrick
California Institute of Technology
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
Mailstop Code 100-22
Pasadena, CA 91125
Michael A. Strauss
Princeton University
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Peyton Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1001
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 24, June 12, 1999, p. 379.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
