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blue hook star

blue hook star noun: a type of helium-burning blue giant star that is hotter than the average star in this stage of their life, due to having a more massive helium core.

Noun

blue hook star (plural blue hook stars)

  1. a type of helium-burning blue giant star that is hotter than the average star in this stage of their life, due to having a more massive helium core

Forms of blue hook star

pluralblue hook stars

Origin of blue hook star

From their location on the blue horizontal branch portion of the extreme horizontal branch part of the horizontal branch of stellar evolution, hooking upwards when plotted on an H-R diagram.

Questions about blue hook star

What does blue hook star mean?
Blue hook star means a type of helium-burning blue giant star that is hotter than the average star in this stage of their life, due to having a more massive helium core.
What part of speech is blue hook star?
Blue hook star is a noun.
What is the plural of blue hook star?
The plural of blue hook star is blue hook stars.

Words near blue hook star in the dictionary

  1. blue herons
  2. Blue Hill
  3. Blue Hill Falls
  4. blue hole
  5. blue holes
  6. blue hook star
  7. blue hook stars
  8. blue hour
  9. blue hours
  10. Blue House
  11. blue hydrogen

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