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planetary nebula nucleus

noun

Etymology

From planetary nebula + nucleus.

  1. learned borrowing from nucleus — “kernel, core”

Definitions

  1. The remnant hot luminous core of the stellar progenitor of the planetary nebula, which…

    The remnant hot luminous core of the stellar progenitor of the planetary nebula, which ionizes the surrounding planetary nebula.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for planetary nebula nucleus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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