Rocky Ring of Debris Around Vega
This artist's concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega. Evidence for this warm ring of debris was found using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, in which NASA plays an important role.
Image Details
- Date
- January 8, 2013
- ID
- nhsc2013-001a
- Type
- Artwork
- Credit
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (IPAC)
Object Details
- Subject | Milky Way
- Interplanetary Body Asteroid
- Star Circumstellar Material Disk Debris