Brown-Dwarf planets question

[Desdinova]

Until the Last few years, brown dwarfs inhabited the "undiscovered country" between stars and planets. Their mass was too small for them to be stars and too large for planets. They were expected to be dim, a thousand times less luminous than the sun, and relatively cool, with surface temperatures less than 2500 degrees Celsius.

Because of their intrinsic faintness and low temperature, brown dwarfs were not discovered until 1995. Today several dozen are known and the number is increasing rapidly thanks to surveys with telescopes equipped with sensitive infrared detectors. It is now estimated that brown dwarfs are approximately as numerous as normal stars in our galaxy.

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edit: it didnt put it as a link. not sure what i did wrong. sorry.

[ December 14, 2002, 04:22: Message edited by: desdinova ]