brown dwarves

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.

Meanings

noun

alternative brown dwarfs

  1. pluralplural of brown dwarf
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