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Re: he didn't say it was a star, and...
Posted By: Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) <sumpca@yahoo.com>	Date: 4/20/04 2:34 a.m.
In Response To: Re: he didn't say it was a star, and... (Ain Soph Aur) : A brown dwarf is a star, a dying one, but it's still a star. Nope, no it ain't at least in the usage with which I am familiar. A red dwarf is the most common type of star around... they last for tens of billions of years. A white dwarf is a star on its last legs, after it's puffed up into a giant and then collapsed back. It doesn't "burn" fusion anymore, it's just radiating leftover heat and light. A black dwarf is a dead star (theoretical object, at least when I took astronomy) which has cooled off. Extreme cases are neutron stars and black holes, but they behave (and are formed) very differently. A brown dwarf never reached star status. It's too big to be a planet, but too small to be a star. When I was taking astronomy and physics it was a purely theoretical critter, but apparently there's some stronger evidence out there for their existance. I'll have to go looking again. Planet != Brown dwarf != Star Whether brown dwarfs have planets or moons is something I never considered... but that would be a nomenclature point. That's still fodder for debate, though. -- Steve (sleep dwarfish right now... perchance to dream...)

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Possible origin of the name "Threshold"	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	4/19/04 11:24 p.m.
Re: Possible origin of the name "Threshold"	Ain Soph Aur	4/19/04 11:57 p.m.
he didn't say it was a star, and...	Ben Roth	4/20/04 12:27 a.m.
Re: he didn't say it was a star, and...	Ain Soph Aur	4/20/04 2:18 a.m.
Re: he didn't say it was a star, and...	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	4/20/04 2:34 a.m.
Re: he didn't say it was a star, and...	Daedalus	4/20/04 3:18 a.m.
Re: he didn't say it was a star, and...	Shishka	4/20/04 4:14 a.m.
Shishka, is this your "H" on my forehead??	LietLives	4/20/04 4:26 a.m.
Re: Shishka, is this your "H" on my forehead??	Daedalus	4/20/04 5:17 a.m.
Re: Shishka, is this your "H" on my forehead??	Steve Ollett	4/20/04 7:26 a.m.
Re: Uh, Shishka...	Blackstar	4/20/04 10:33 a.m.
Re: Uh, Shishka...	Steve Ollett	4/20/04 10:56 a.m.
Re: It's all about you, isn't it...	Blackstar	4/20/04 12:36 p.m.
thats because it isn't	Brotherswing	4/20/04 6:28 a.m.
Re: thats because it isn't	jayWHY	4/20/04 5:27 p.m.
Re: he didn't say it was a star, and...	Ain Soph Aur	4/20/04 2:35 p.m.
No Contradiction 'Round Here...	Anton P. Nym	4/20/04 3:10 p.m.
Speculation about jump starting Jupiter	Gre'Thor117	4/20/04 1:05 p.m.
Re: Speculation about jump starting Jupiter	Ain Soph Aur	4/20/04 2:20 p.m.
Re: Speculation about jump starting Jupiter	Gre'Thor117	4/20/04 3:17 p.m.
Re: Speculation about jump starting Jupiter	jayWHY	4/20/04 4:56 p.m.
Re: Speculation about jump starting Jupiter	Ain Soph Aur	4/20/04 5:30 p.m.
A suggestion...	Louis Wu	4/20/04 7:46 p.m.
Re: A suggestion...	Ain Soph Aur	4/20/04 8:11 p.m.
Re: A suggestion...	Louis Wu	4/20/04 9:42 p.m.
Re: A suggestion...	Ain Soph Aur	4/20/04 10:20 p.m.
Re: Speculation about jump starting Jupiter	Anton P. Nym	4/20/04 3:33 p.m.
Theory, speculation, scientific fact &/or fiction	Gre'Thor117	4/21/04 12:53 p.m.
Re: Theory, speculation, scientific fact &/or fict	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	4/21/04 3:42 p.m.