Physical Agent Inventory: Stars

Last modified: Wed 4/16/97 1600 PDT

Canon Terms	Object	Classes	Star
		Instances	(none)
	Event	Classes	(none)
		Instances	(none)

A star is a Physical Agent in the extraterrestrial universe in which thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen takes place. The study of stars is the subject matter of stellar physics, part of astrophysics.

• You can learn about stars here:
• The Life Cycle of Stars (Hales/Kufta/LaCivita/Pepper)
• The Electronic Universe Project: Stellar Evolution
• The Electronic Universe Project: Nucleogenesis in Stars
• The Electronic Universe Project: Digital Spectra of Stars

A star may have stellar satellites (or even other stars) in orbit around it, thus constituting a star system. Earth is a stellar satellite of the star Sol, our sun, both part of Sol's star system, the Solar System.