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Brown dwarf — Brown dwarfs are sub stellar objects which are too low in mass to sustain hydrogen 1 fusion reactions in their cores, which is characteristic of stars on the main sequence. Brown dwarfs have fully convective surfaces and interiors, with no… … Wikipedia
brown dwarf — brown′ dwarf′ n. astron. a cold, dark star that is too small to initiate the nuclear reactions that generate heat and light … From formal English to slang
brown dwarf — n. a hypothetical celestial object consisting of a body of gas that gives off a small amount of radiation but lacks sufficient mass to initiate the nuclear fusion that characterizes true stars … English World dictionary
brown dwarf — Astron. a cold, dark star that is too small to initiate the nuclear reactions that generate heat and light. * * * Astronomical object intermediate in mass between a planet and a star. Sometimes described as failed stars, brown dwarfs are believed … Universalium
Brown-dwarf desert — A brown dwarf desert is an orbital distance around a star at which brown dwarfs cannot exist as binary stars. [cite book | title = Planet Formation: Theory, Observations, and Experiments | author = Hubert Klahr and Wolfgang Brandner | publisher … Wikipedia
brown dwarf squirrel — rudoji nykštukinė voverė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Nannosciurus melanotis angl. brown dwarf squirrel vok. braunes Zwerghörnchen rus. черноухая белка крошка pranc. écureuil pygmée brun ryšiai:… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
brown dwarf — /braʊn ˈdwɔf/ (say brown dwawf) noun an astronomical body which is not of sufficient mass and temperature to produce hydrogen fusion and become a star: *Astronomers found weather similar to that on Jupiter in the atmospheres of brown dwarfs –… …
brown dwarf — noun Date: 1978 a celestial object that is much smaller than a normal star and has insufficient mass to sustain nuclear fusion but that is hot enough to radiate energy especially at infrared wavelengths … New Collegiate Dictionary
brown dwarf — noun Astronomy a celestial object which is intermediate in size between a giant planet and a small star, believed to emit mainly infrared radiation … English new terms dictionary
Brown Dwarf — Bodies that are much larger than planets, but are too small to carry out continuous nuclear fusion in their cores, so they can t become stars … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
