What the L ?

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What the L ?

Fox — 8/5/2006 1:09:51 AM (archived)

Last time I looked at an H-R diagram, it still ended in M.

"Oh, Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Lingually"

Seriously... I'd love to see the spectrum of this thing, and a characteristic black-body curve for L-class dwarfs.

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What are planets? - Raoul - 8/3/2006 9:30:46 PM
- adjective like "terrestrial"? I thought we already had that. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/3/2006 9:47:29 PM
  - re: When it will be announced, it won't be a surprise; only something the whole world would agree with (n/t) - Raoul - 8/4/2006 5:31:50 PM
    - I'm too old and cranky to agree. - alcaray - 8/4/2006 8:08:52 PM
      - re: :-)) - Raoul - 8/4/2006 10:17:24 PM
  - We do - Fox - 8/3/2006 11:47:11 PM
    - Correction - Fox - 8/4/2006 12:05:39 AM
      - Not too sure about "planemos" - ljk - 8/4/2006 2:43:05 AM
        
        How is "planemos" pronounced? - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:00:44 AM
        
        re: Not too sure about "planemos" -and dust clouds - Andrew - 8/4/2006 4:33:05 AM
        
        Object Survives Being Swallowed by a Star - LJK - 8/4/2006 2:10:49 PM
        
        urp! - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:04:04 AM
        
        Survival of a brown dwarf after engulfment by a red giant star - LJK - 8/4/2006 6:11:48 PM
        
        Discovery of the Nearest L Dwarf: The Intrinsically Faintest Object at Visual Wavelengths Known Beyond Our Solar System - LJK - 8/4/2006 2:28:56 PM
        
        What the L ? - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:09:51 AM
        
        From ESO - ljk - 8/5/2006 1:59:26 AM

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