low-mass star setâre-ye kamjerm (#) Fr.: étoile de faible masse A star whose mass is around that of the Sun. See also: → intermediate-mass star; → high-mass star; → star formation. |
very low-mass star setâre-ye besyâr kamjerm Fr.: étoile de très faible masse A star with a typical mass of one-hundredth of the mass of the Sun (→ solar mass) and a luminosity of about one-millionth that of the Sun (→ solar luminosity). Same as → brown dwarf. |