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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•8 months agoNo, because they aren’t undergoing hydrogen fusion due to their insufficient mass.
minus-square@magnusrufuslinkEnglish2•7 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_star That doesn’t seem to be entirely accurate.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•8 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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