yellow dwarf
noun
: any of several plant diseases of cereal grasses (such as oats and barley), onions, potatoes, tomatoes, or tobacco that are characterized by yellowing and stunting and are caused by viruses
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That’s why Rho Coronae Borealis, a nearby yellow dwarf star that’s thought to be reaching the end of its sunny life, caught Kane’s attention.
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Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
Our sun is a Type-G yellow dwarf.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2020
For the moment, the only place in the universe where that has happened is on our pale blue dot orbiting a nondescript yellow dwarf star.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2020
Finally, our sun itself qualifies as a bit strange, even though it’s long been billed as an ordinary yellow dwarf star.
—Bruce Dorminey, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2020
Yet the fine points of the astrophysics controlling our deceptively simple yellow dwarf star remains a puzzle.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 2 July 2022
TOI-849b's host star is a late G-class yellow dwarf, a little cooler and approximately 2 billion years older than our Sun, with about nine-tenths its mass and radius.
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 6 July 2020
Our sun, a yellow dwarf, is currently in the main sequence stage of its life.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2020
While the Earth’s bulging depends on how its oceans rub against the ocean floor, the exact structure of tides on WASP-12b’s yellow dwarf star remains mysterious.
—Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2020
Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
Our sun is a Type-G yellow dwarf.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2020
For the moment, the only place in the universe where that has happened is on our pale blue dot orbiting a nondescript yellow dwarf star.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2020
Finally, our sun itself qualifies as a bit strange, even though it’s long been billed as an ordinary yellow dwarf star.
—Bruce Dorminey, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2020
Yet the fine points of the astrophysics controlling our deceptively simple yellow dwarf star remains a puzzle.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 2 July 2022
TOI-849b's host star is a late G-class yellow dwarf, a little cooler and approximately 2 billion years older than our Sun, with about nine-tenths its mass and radius.
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 6 July 2020
Our sun, a yellow dwarf, is currently in the main sequence stage of its life.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2020
While the Earth’s bulging depends on how its oceans rub against the ocean floor, the exact structure of tides on WASP-12b’s yellow dwarf star remains mysterious.
—Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2020
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First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined above
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