An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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very low-mass star
  ستاره‌ی ِ بسیار کم‌جرم  
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.

See also: → very; → low; → mass; → star.