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exotic star

(term for theoretical stars not made of atoms/ions)

The term exotic star is a catch-all for very unusual theoretical types of stars. Some examples:


Note that the term dark star was also a very early term for black holes.


(star type,degeneracy,theory)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preon_star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_star_(dark_matter)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exotic_star
https://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?formSearchTextfield=exotic+star&showAll=1
https://spark.iop.org/exotic-stars

Referenced by pages:
compact object (CO)
quark matter (QM)
supermassive star (SMS)

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