A global cloud map of the nearest known brown dwarf

I. J. M. Crossfield (), B. Biller, J. E. Schlieder, N. R. Deacon, M. Bonnefoy, D. Homeier, F. Allard, E. Buenzli, Th. Henning, W. Brandner, B. Goldman and T. Kopytova
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I. J. M. Crossfield: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
B. Biller: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
J. E. Schlieder: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
N. R. Deacon: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
M. Bonnefoy: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
D. Homeier: CRAL-ENS, 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon, Cedex 07, France
F. Allard: CRAL-ENS, 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon, Cedex 07, France
E. Buenzli: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Th. Henning: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
W. Brandner: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
B. Goldman: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
T. Kopytova: Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7485, 654-656

Abstract: A map of the surface of a brown dwarf reveals features that suggest patchy clouds, providing the mechanism for the dispersal of atmospheric dust as brown dwarfs cool with age.

Date: 2014
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