fusor
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- Coined by Gibor Basri, Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, (UCB) at the 2003 IAU conference.
Noun [edit]
fusor (plural fusors)
- (astronomy) a celestial body that through self-gravity, is able to perform nuclear fusion within its core, at any point in its life. These include stars, stellar remnants, and brown dwarfs.
Translations [edit]
(astronomy) a celestial body that through self-gravity, is able to perform nuclear fusion within its core
See also [edit]
- planemo
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