brown dwarf Comparison Table

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brown dwarf comparison table

Subject is part of has surface temperature has acceptance statu has frequency has velocity has surface density has parallax has position on celestial sphere has symbol has radiation at surface has acronym has energy source has energy production has catalog has wavelength is a kind of has material has mass has synonym has definition has luminosity class obey

dwarf greater than 1000 Kelvin determined from proper motion and radial velocity which depends on luminosity class from the point of view of Earth's orbit from the point of view of Earth d which is diffused out from the hotter core gravitational contraction and or fusion which takes place primarily within the core star catalog star hydrogen, helium greater than 0.08 the sun's mass main sequence star Star with mass equal to or less than that of the sun. More generally, any star on or below the main sequence in the Hertzprung-Russell diagram. V

massive compact halo object dark halo hypothetical inversely proportional to the wavelength MACHO inversely proportional to its momentum dark matter hidden mass These are black holes, neutron stars and brown dwarfs, none of which are luminous and all of which are postulated to exist in the halos of galaxies. They are a form of dark matter. uncertainty principle

brown dwarf dark halo greater than 1000 Kelvin hypothetical inversely proportional to the wavelength determined from proper motion and radial velocity which depends on luminosity class from the point of view of Earth's orbit from the point of view of Earth d which is diffused out from the hotter core MACHO gravitational contraction and or fusion which takes place primarily within the core star catalog inversely proportional to its momentum massive compact halo object hydrogen, helium 1 to 8 percent of the Sun main sequence star A self-gravitating, self-luminous gaseous object which is not sufficiently massive to result in thermonuclear hydrogen fusion reactions in its core and cannot therefore be considered a star. Such objects are expected to have a mass less than 7% of the Sun's mass and represent a "missing link" between low-mass stars and gas giant planets like Jupiter (at 0.1% of the Sun's mass). V uncertainty principle

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Subject	is part of	has surface temperature	has acceptance statu	has frequency	has velocity	has surface density	has parallax	has position on celestial sphere	has symbol	has radiation at surface	has acronym	has energy source	has energy production	has catalog	has wavelength	is a kind of	has material	has mass	has synonym	has definition	has luminosity class	obey
dwarf		greater than 1000 Kelvin			determined from proper motion and radial velocity	which depends on luminosity class	from the point of view of Earth's orbit	from the point of view of Earth	d	which is diffused out from the hotter core		gravitational contraction and or fusion	which takes place primarily within the core	star catalog		star	hydrogen, helium	greater than 0.08 the sun's mass	main sequence star	Star with mass equal to or less than that of the sun. More generally, any star on or below the main sequence in the Hertzprung-Russell diagram.	V
massive compact halo object	dark halo		hypothetical	inversely proportional to the wavelength							MACHO				inversely proportional to its momentum	dark matter			hidden mass	These are black holes, neutron stars and brown dwarfs, none of which are luminous and all of which are postulated to exist in the halos of galaxies. They are a form of dark matter.		uncertainty principle
brown dwarf	dark halo	greater than 1000 Kelvin	hypothetical	inversely proportional to the wavelength	determined from proper motion and radial velocity	which depends on luminosity class	from the point of view of Earth's orbit	from the point of view of Earth	d	which is diffused out from the hotter core	MACHO	gravitational contraction and or fusion	which takes place primarily within the core	star catalog	inversely proportional to its momentum	massive compact halo object	hydrogen, helium	1 to 8 percent of the Sun	main sequence star	A self-gravitating, self-luminous gaseous object which is not sufficiently massive to result in thermonuclear hydrogen fusion reactions in its core and cannot therefore be considered a star. Such objects are expected to have a mass less than 7% of the Sun's mass and represent a "missing link" between low-mass stars and gas giant planets like Jupiter (at 0.1% of the Sun's mass).	V	uncertainty principle