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... stars . " They may be dwarfs in volume but they are sun - size in mass , and giants in density and in intensity of gravitational fields . What about really little stars , in mass and temperature as well as in volume ? These are hard to ...
... stars . " They may be dwarfs in volume but they are sun - size in mass , and giants in density and in intensity of gravitational fields . What about really little stars , in mass and temperature as well as in volume ? These are hard to ...
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... stars alto- gether . Of these , exactly three stars are considerably brighter than our sun and these we can call " white giants . " Star Distance ( light - years ) Luminosity ... stars that are not only TWINKLE , TWINKLE , LITTLE STAR 185.
... stars alto- gether . Of these , exactly three stars are considerably brighter than our sun and these we can call " white giants . " Star Distance ( light - years ) Luminosity ... stars that are not only TWINKLE , TWINKLE , LITTLE STAR 185.
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... stars of the Sirius system - at 8.0 and 8.6 light - years re- spectively . ) Barnard's Star has the most rapid ... stars have plan- ets . Now we find that in our immediate neighborhood at least three stars have at least one planet apiece ...
... stars of the Sirius system - at 8.0 and 8.6 light - years re- spectively . ) Barnard's Star has the most rapid ... stars have plan- ets . Now we find that in our immediate neighborhood at least three stars have at least one planet apiece ...
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