ASTROPHYSICS Illuminating brown dwarfs

被引:5
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作者
Showman, Adam P. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Arizona, Dept Planetary Sci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[2] Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
PLANETS;
D O I
10.1038/533330a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Objects known as brown dwarfs are midway between stars and planets in mass. Observations of a hot brown dwarf irradiated by a nearby star will help to fill a gap in our knowledge of the atmospheres of fluid planetary objects. See Letter p.366
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页码:330 / 331
页数:2
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