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Brown Dwarf

Brown Dwarfs


In the mid-1980s astronomers began an intense search for brown dwarfs, but their early efforts found it to be unsuccessful. It was not until 1995 that they found the first indisputable evidence of their existence. That discovery opened the doors; since then, researchers have detected dozens of the objects. In the following paper I will cover the following, What are brown Dwarfs? Secondly, the brown dwarfs first evidence of existence? Finally, Could they be planets?

What Is A Brown Dwarf?


For decades, brown dwarfs were the "missing link" of celestial bodies: thought to exist but never observed. “Brown Dwarf" was suggested in 1975 by astrophysicist Jill C. Tarter, now director of research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif. The name is a bit misleading; a brown dwarf actually appears red, not brown. But the name “Red Dwarf” was already taken. (It is used to describe stars with less than half the sun's mass.)
A Brown Dwarf is a type of small, s...

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