blue dwarf Comparison Table

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blue dwarf comparison table

Subject is a kind of has definition

dwarf star Star with mass equal to or less than that of the sun. More generally, any star on or below the main sequence in the Hertzprung-Russell diagram.

blue dwarf dwarf High-temperature star (as opposed to red stars). Blue dwarfs represent the very dense, but very small, near-final form of what was once a red giant.

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
dwarf	star	Star with mass equal to or less than that of the sun. More generally, any star on or below the main sequence in the Hertzprung-Russell diagram.
blue dwarf	dwarf	High-temperature star (as opposed to red stars). Blue dwarfs represent the very dense, but very small, near-final form of what was once a red giant.

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