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Wolf 359 comparison table

Subject	is part of	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
flare star			red dwarf	Stars undergoing erratic jumps in brightness (up to a few magnitudes) on time scales of the order of minutes. During the quiescent phase the spectrum is that of an M dwarf with emissions in the CaII and Balmer lines.
Wolf 359	Leo	flare star		A nearby flare star.

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