brown dwarfs

A form of brown dwarf — A starlike object that contracts to about the volume of Jupiter after its formation phase; its mass may range from several times that of Jupiter, such that it fuses deuterium, up to just below the threshold of sustained hydrogen fusion.

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Meanings

noun

alternative brown dwarves

  1. pluralplural of brown dwarf
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