normal dwarf


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Noun 1. [画像:normal dwarf - an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect]normal dwarf - an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal
dwarf, midget, nanus - a person who is markedly small
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(22,26) If we assume this is a normal dwarf nova, then using the empirical relationship [epsilon] = 0.18 x q + 0.29 x [q.sup.2] between superhump period excess and mass ratio q, (27) we obtain a secondary to primary mass ratio for the binary system of 0.095(8).
CSS090530:144011+494734: a new SU UMa-type dwarf nova in Bootes
That means it is about 10,000 light-years across, or 10 times the size of a normal dwarf spheroidal galaxy.
Our galaxy's nearest neighbor

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