Brown Is Not a Color: Introduction of the Term ‘Brown Dwarf’

作者: Jill Tarter

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01162-2_3

关键词: Initial mass functionAstronomySpitzer Space TelescopePhilosophyBrown dwarfTerm (time)

摘要: This contribution provides a very brief, personal comment on the remarkable past five decades of progress in our understanding small-mass objects that try, but do not succeed stably fusing hydrogen. article describes origin term ‘brown dwarf’ as introduced by me 1975.

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