An object with the spectral type L (also called L-dwarf) can be either a low-mass star, a brown dwarf or a young free-floating planetary-mass object. If...

temperature, and brown dwarfs occupy types M (2100-3500 K), L (1300-2100 K), T (600-1300 K), and Y (<600 K). As brown dwarfs do not undergo stable hydrogen...

with a young age can also be a T-dwarf. T dwarfs are colder than L dwarfs, but warmer than Y dwarfs. The first T-dwarf discovered was Gliese 229B, which...

deviating mass have also been assigned letters: D for white dwarfs and L, T and Y for brown dwarfs (and exoplanets). In the MK system, a luminosity class is...

Nine likeliest dwarf planets and dates of discovery A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough...

dwarfs, mostly new. Hertzsprung–Russell diagram Spectral type O B A F G K M L T Brown dwarfs White dwarfs Red dwarfs Subdwarfs Main sequence ("dwarfs")...

massive (>5 MJ) and belong to the L- and T-dwarfs. There is however a small growing sample of cold and old Y-dwarfs that have estimated masses of 8-20...

free-floating later-than-M-type brown dwarfs discovered, and sometimes considered as prototype of L-type brown dwarfs. In 1987 María Teresa Ruiz decided...

than T-dwarfs. Y-dwarfs have a similar spectrum when compared to the giant planet Jupiter. When the spectral classes of L dwarfs and T dwarfs were defined...

is an L-type brown dwarf 54.7 light-years (16.8 parsecs) away in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered in 2011, and was the first L-dwarf discovered...

A red dwarf is the smallest kind of star on the main sequence. Red dwarfs are by far the most common type of fusing star in the Milky Way, at least in...

Wainscoat, R. J. (2017-03-01). "A Search for L/T Transition Dwarfs with Pan-STARRS1 and WISE. III. Young L Dwarf Discoveries and Proper Motion Catalogs in...

A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 200–400 billion stars. The Large Magellanic...

Dwarf-tossing, also called midget-tossing, is a pub/bar attraction or activity in which people with dwarfism, wearing special padded clothing or Velcro...

This is a list of stars, neutron stars, white dwarfs and brown dwarfs which are the least voluminous known (the smallest stars by volume). This is a list...

discovery, a paper by Ian Neill Reid et al. used Hubble WFPC2 to search binary L dwarfs and found that 2MASS J0902+3517 is extended in the F814W image, but not...

a nearby wide binary system of two brown dwarfs, located in constellation Boötes. The system consists of L-type component A and T-type component B. Component...

dwarf, the nearest L-type dwarf, and possibly the nearest T-type dwarf (if component B is of T-type). Luhman 16 is the nearest-known star/brown-dwarf...

dwarf that orbits CFHTWIR-Oph 98 A, a M-type brown dwarf. The pair form a binary system. The primary is a M9–L1 dwarf and the secondary is an L dwarf...

Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy programme created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, consisting of a sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988...

Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of...

Wainscoat, R. J. (2017-03-01). "A Search for L/T Transition Dwarfs with Pan-STARRS1 and WISE. III. Young L Dwarf Discoveries and Proper Motion Catalogs in...

of notable brown dwarfs. These are objects that have masses between heavy gas giants and low-mass stars. The first isolated brown dwarf discovered was Teide...

A black dwarf is a theoretical stellar remnant, specifically a white dwarf that has cooled sufficiently to no longer emit significant heat or light. Because...

The number of dwarf planets in the Solar System is unknown. Estimates have run as high as 200 in the Kuiper belt and over 10,000 in the region beyond...

Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, Fornax Dwarf Galaxy, Leo I (a dwarf galaxy), Leo II (a dwarf galaxy), Ursa Major I Dwarf Galaxy and Ursa Major II Dwarf Galaxy,...

1086/303567. Hogan, E.; Jameson, R. F.; Casewell, S. L.; Osbourne, S. L.; Hambly, N. C. (2008). "L dwarfs in the Hyades". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...

Hertzsprung–Russell diagram Spectral type O B A F G K M L T Brown dwarfs White dwarfs Red dwarfs Subdwarfs Main sequence ("dwarfs") Subgiants Giants Red giants Blue giants...

designation: 136199 Eris) is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in the...

A sub-brown dwarf or planetary-mass brown dwarf is an astronomical object that formed in the same manner as stars and brown dwarfs (i.e. through the collapse...