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Giant stars

LC control no.sh2003001064
Topical headingGiant stars
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See alsoStars
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Found inWork cat.: 2002431871: Surface structures of FK Com, 2002.
FoF dict. astron. (giant: a large highly luminous star that lies above the main sequence on the H-R diagram; generally have absolute magnitudes greater than 0, dense central cores, and tenuous atmospheres)
Concise dict. astron. (giant star: a broad category of stars having luminosities 10 to 1,000 times brighter than the Sun, and radii typically between 10 and 100 times the Sun's)