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- noun Plural form of
starspot .
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The light version of radio LBI (long-baseline interferometry) is just starting, and may produce reconstructed images of stellar discs (albeit with rather low S/N), and then there's the technique for reconstructing starspots …
Astronomers Find Type Ia Supernova Just Waiting to Happen | Universe Today 2009
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Some show starspots, which are similar to sunspots, and a few produce flares that would sterilize their nearest planets.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"It takes a considerable amount of time for starspots to rotate into view and then out of view," says Jon Jenkins, Kepler co-investigator for data analysis.
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"The stellar activity (presence of changing starspots on its surface) generates a strong scattering of the measurements," Moutou said.
Signs of the Times 2009
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