brown dwarf
English
Noun
brown dwarf (plural brown dwarfs or brown dwarves)
- (astronomy) A starlike object that contracts to about the volume of the planet 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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starlike object
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