subdwarf

Examples

• All

• The assumption, of course, is that halo subdwarfs of a given low metal content will lie precisely on the same main sequence, irrespective of whether or not they are in the globular clusters.

  Academic text (1997)

• At least, they did until astronomers began to probe a class of stars known as "subdwarfs."

  Academic text (2005)

• The low-mass stars remaining on the main sequence are in the realm of the "subdwarfs."

  Academic text (1997)

• Perhaps they had anomalously low hydrogen abundances, an idea that arose when subdwarfs and white dwarfs were lumped together.

  Academic text (2005)

• The smoking-gun stars were two obscure-sounding subdwarfs selected from the Henry Draper catalog: HD 19445 and HD 140283.

  Academic text (2005)

• Astronomers have discovered a new class of stars called subdwarfs, which are significantly smaller than typical dwarf stars.

• The characteristics of subdwarfs indicate they have formed much earlier in the universe than many other stars.

• Unlike standard dwarf stars, subdwarfs shine with much less brightness due to their low mass.

Antonyms

G

giant

• Specialized

16 8.8

A very large bright star near the end of its life

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology