Ap star

[ey-pee]

Ap star

[ey-pee]
noun Astronomy.
a peculiar A star whose emission spectrum is characterized by abnormally strong lines of certain ionized metals.

Origin:
1970–75; A (star) + p (abbreviation for peculiar star)
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Ap star is always a great word to know.
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a celestial body with a mass of gas that is hot enough to produce and sustain nuclear fusion, thus producing luminosity
the small circle of the celestial sphere whose plane is tangent to the earth at the position of the observer
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