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Sun-like

Adjective

Meaning

Sun-like (comparative more Sun-like, superlative most Sun-like)

(astronomy) Alternative form of sunlike (like our Sun)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Another way of understanding the vastness of interstellar distances is by scaling: one of the closest stars to the Sun, Alpha Centauri A (a Sun-like star), can be pictured by scaling down the Earth–Sun distance to one meter (~3.3 ft). Source: Internet

Artist's depiction of the life cycle of a Sun-like star, starting as a main-sequence star at lower left then expanding through the subgiant and giant phases, until its outer envelope is expelled to form a planetary nebula at upper right. Source: Internet

Doppler surveys of a wide variety of stars indicate about 1 in 6 stars with twice the mass of the Sun are orbited by one or more Jupiter-sized planets, vs. 1 in 16 for Sun-like stars and only 1 in 50 for red dwarfs. Source: Internet

Life and planet searches Principal factors driving research interest in Tau Ceti are its proximity, Sun-like characteristics and their implications for possible planets and life. Source: Internet

Other systems within ten light-years are the binary red-dwarf system Luyten 726-8 (8.7 ly) and the solitary red dwarf Ross 154 (9.7 ly). citation The closest solitary Sun-like star to the Solar System is Tau Ceti at 11.9 light-years. Source: Internet

The original team colors were brown and gold. citation Their first logo depicts a friar swinging a bat with Padres written at the top while standing in a sun-like figure with San Diego Padres on the exterior of it. Source: Internet

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