I guess technically. This makes me wonder what actually qualify as stars. Do neutron stars? Do black holes?
UPDATE: By the definitions on wikipedia, miriam-webster dictionary and britanica, a brown dwarf this cold may not actually qualify to be a star. I will search further for astronomical definition.
Brown dwarfs are classified as substellar objects because they can’t fuse hydrogen into helium and don’t undergo the same lifecycle as stars. White dwarfs aren’t stars either, they are stellar remnants that don’t have enough mass to keep fusing heavier elements, usually stopping at carbon and oxygen.
I guess technically. This makes me wonder what actually qualify as stars. Do neutron stars? Do black holes?
UPDATE: By the definitions on wikipedia, miriam-webster dictionary and britanica, a brown dwarf this cold may not actually qualify to be a star. I will search further for astronomical definition.
Brown dwarfs are classified as substellar objects because they can’t fuse hydrogen into helium and don’t undergo the same lifecycle as stars. White dwarfs aren’t stars either, they are stellar remnants that don’t have enough mass to keep fusing heavier elements, usually stopping at carbon and oxygen.