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New candidate for “coldest star� is same temperature as a hot cup of coffee

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Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:58:26 +0000
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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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There is a new candidate for coldest known star: a brown dwarf with about the same temperature as a hot cup of coffee. That’s cool enough to begin crossing the blurry line between small cold stars and big hot planets.
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