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Relative Size of a Brown Dwarf
An artist’s depiction of the relative sizes of the Sun, a low-mass star, a brown dwarf, Jupiter, and the Earth. Sizes are to scale, but distances are not.
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- Jupiter: NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (NASA, GSFC)
- Sun and Low-Mass Star: NASA, SDO
- Brown Dwarf: NASA, ESA, and JPL-Caltech
- Earth: NASA
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Aug 28, 2025
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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov
Image Credit
NASA, ESA, SDO, NASA-JPL, Caltech, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC)
Designer Credit
Elizabeth Wheatley (STScI)
