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Description: The star Epsilon Eridani has a known planet that is orbiting inside a circumstellar disk of dust. Based on density changes in the disk, it has been hypothesized that a second planet is orbiting the star at a distance outside the dust. This artistic rendering shows a view from a conjectured icy moon in orbit around the second planet. The disk is shown as a a grey ring about the central star. The inner planet is not shown.
Title: View epsilon eridani c
Credit: This image was self-made using Bryce 3-D software.
Author: RJHall
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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