CHARACTERISTICS OF STARS Flashcards
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Described in terms of magnitude and luminosity
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Brightness
2
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Generally appear white in the sky
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Color
3
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Main sequence make up 90% of all stars
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Size and Mass
4
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termed used how the sun evolves
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Solar evolution
5
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Tiniest stars in the universe
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Red dwarf stars
6
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Lack the mass to carry out nuclear fusion and shift from the main sequence to the giant or supergiant stars
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Brown dwarf stars
7
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Has a mass ranging from 0.8 to 10 times that of our sun
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Giant Stars
8
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Has a mass more than 10 times of our sun and luminosity
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Supermassive stars
