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- adjective astronomy, of an object Having a
mass less than the minimum necessary mass for hydrogenfusion
Etymologies
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Examples
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His hand fluttered toward the substellar surroundings.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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However it has successfully detected at least one previously discovered substellar object circling another star.
NASA Watch: Space & Planetary Science: August 2009 Archives 2009
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His hand fluttered toward the substellar surroundings.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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His hand fluttered toward the substellar surroundings.
I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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However it has successfully detected at least one previously discovered substellar object circling another star.
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"The discovery of GJ 758 B, an exoplanet or brown dwarf orbiting a star that is similar to our own sun, gives us an insight into the diversity of substellar objects that may form around Solar-type stars," said Dr. Joseph Carson, from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.
Cool – Literally – Extrasolar Planet Imaged | Universe Today 2009
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Recent models predict sustainable atmospheres and substellar liquid water regimes, she said.
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Recent models predict sustainable atmospheres and substellar liquid water regimes, she said.
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It seemed to him that the object was falling too slowly to be a meteorite, but what did he know about representative intraatmospheric velocities of terminal substellar objects?
Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004
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"Named after the man who posited substellar black holes."
Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985
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