- T Tauri star
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a class of young visible stars having optical variability; they are often surrounded by a protoplanetary discSee Also: T Tauri
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T Tauri star — Drawing of a T Tauri star with a circumstellar accretion disc … Wikipedia
T Tauri star — T Tauri star, any one of a group of very distant, variable stars found between clouds of dust and gas, usually associated with nebulae. ╂[< T Tauri, a star in the constellation Taurus, the prototype of these stars] … Useful english dictionary
T Tauri star — Any of a class of very young stars with masses less than about twice the Sun s. Characterized by unpredictable changes in brightness, they represent an early stage in stellar evolution, having only recently been formed by the gravitational… … Universalium
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Tauri (disambiguation) — Tauri can refer to *Tauri, the ancient inhabitants of Crimea. *Tau ri, the race in the fictional Stargate series. *The genitive form of taurus (e.g. in star designations) … Wikipedia
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T Tauri — [ AAVSO visual light curve of T Tau showing a typical 200 day oscillatory interval. The plot is based upon averages of all observations received within one day, and lines connecting the observations have been added as a visual aid. ] Starbox… … Wikipedia
