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Last Post 10/18/2010 12:48 PM by  Paulett Liewer
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10/18/2010 10:13 AM

    Jose (r)

    are there any other stars smaller than our our sun, what about their temperatures, hotter or colder?


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    10/18/2010 12:48 PM

    Hi Jose

    There are lots of stars small and colder than our Sun. There a class of stars called Red Dwarfs that are smaller and cooler and redder. There's also a class of objects called Brown Dwarfs which are even smaller and cooler..they don't have enough mass to burn via fusion like our Sun.

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