
Brown Dwarf
- Signs of the Times #1185
Brown Dwarf Spotted Close to Star [May 22, 2002] Astronomers using adaptive optics technology on the Gemini North
Telescope have observed a brown dwarf orbiting a low-mass star at a distance comparable to just three times the
distance between the Earth and Sun. This is the closest separation distance ever found for this type of binary system using
direct imaging. The record-breaking find is just one of a dozen lightweight binary systems observed in the study.
Together, they provide a new perspective on the formation of stellar systems and how smaller bodies in the Universe
(including large planets) might form. With an estimated mass of 38-70 times the mass of Jupiter, the newly identified
brown dwarf is located just three times the Sun-Earth distance (or 3.0 Astronomical Units) from its parent star. [and
from another source] The speed of passage is ... decreased dramatically at about the orbit of Mars by the braking action of the Repulsion
Force, at last strong enough to counter the inbound plunge toward the Sun; slow to a floating rate so that it floats past the Earth during
the week of rotation stoppage, which is the point it is also floating past the Sun, rather than zoom past. ZetaTalk: Slowing Influences,
written May 18, 2002 [Note: The close proximity of Planet X, a mere 23 times the mass of Earth, to the Sun is deemed absurb by
debunkers. Yet an object much larger, 38 times the mass of Jupiter, resides this close to its Sun! Zetas RIGHT Again!]
