flare star


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flare star

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(Astronomy) a red dwarf star in which outbursts, thought to be analogous to solar flares, occur, increasing the luminosity by several magnitudes in a few minutes
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Noun1.flare star - a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes
red dwarf, red dwarf star - a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter
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In 1951, Dorrit Hoffleit (1907-2007) suggested that the object might have been a flare star, although she pointed out that the flare would have been of abnormally large amplitude.
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If Proxima indeed orbits Alpha - and therefore probably arose from the same stellar nursery at the same time -- then researchers will have to reconsider certain important theoretical issues, Matthews and Gilmore say, Proxima is a flare star, given to periodic and dramatic surface brightenings.
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