单词 | m-type star |
释义 | > as lemmasM-type star 10. Astronomy. In form M. In the system of classification of stellar spectra into divisions: the division comprising the spectra of the coolest stars, with molecular (particularly titanium oxide) absorption bands; chiefly attributive (esp. in M-star, M-type star), designating a red star with a surface temperature of approx. 2,400–3,500 K which emits such a spectrum. ΚΠ 1890 E. C. Pickering Draper Catal. Stellar Spectra in Ann. Astron. Observatory Harvard Coll. 27 3 When a spectrum is of the third type it is indicated by the letter M. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 320/1 In the Draper classification, now universally recognized, a continuous sequence of types is recognized denoted by the letters O, B, A, F, G, K, M... The sequence O to M corresponds to progression in colour from blue to red, and progression in temperature from the hottest to the coolest stars. 1977 Whitaker's Almanack 152/2 The M stars, like Betelgeuse, show very complex molecular spectra, chiefly of titanium oxide. 1978 J. M. Pasachoff & M. L. Kutner University Astron. ii. 40 M stars are cooler yet... Betelgeuse is an example of such a reddish star of spectral class M. 1991 C. A. Ronan Nat. Hist. Universe 84/2 Very small stars, of about a quarter the mass of the Sun, enter as M-type red dwarfs. < as lemmas |
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