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minus-square@BakerBagellinkEnglish6•1 month agoNo, because they aren’t undergoing hydrogen fusion due to their insufficient mass.
minus-square@magnusrufus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_star That doesn’t seem to be entirely accurate.
minus-square@BakerBagellinkEnglish9•1 month 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.
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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