Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition. Episode 50 Brown Dwarfs and Free-Floating Planets
(2025, original release: 2007)

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Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2007
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2025
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
15079950
LANGUAGE
English
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Brown dwarfs are low-mass objects whose dim glow is caused by slow gravitational contraction and the fusion of deuterium, a heavier but far less abundant isotope of hydrogen. Free-floating planets have even less mass than brown dwarfs and are not associated with any star

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Alex Filippenko

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2007

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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