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minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·7 months agoNo, because they aren’t undergoing hydrogen fusion due to their insufficient mass.
minus-squaremagnusrufus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_star That doesn’t seem to be entirely accurate.
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·7 months agoTIL the Sun is not a star.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoThr sun is a G type main sequence star that is undergoing hydrogen fusion. Proper astronomers don’t refer to it as a yellow dwarf anymore for that exact reason.
Are dwarf stars not stars?
No, because they aren’t undergoing hydrogen fusion due to their insufficient mass.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_star
That doesn’t seem to be entirely accurate.
TIL the Sun is not a star.
Thr sun is a G type main sequence star that is undergoing hydrogen fusion. Proper astronomers don’t refer to it as a yellow dwarf anymore for that exact reason.
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