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Astrophysics

the scarcity of brown dwarf companions in close orbits around Sun-like stars compared with planets and stellar companions.

In astrophysics, brown dwarf desert refers to the scarcity of brown dwarf companions in close orbits around Sun-like stars compared with planets and stellar companions. This meaning comes from Grether (2006) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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  1. Grether, D., & Lineweaver, C. H. (2006). How Dry is the Brown Dwarf Desert? Quantifying the Relative Number of Planets, Brown Dwarfs, and Stellar Companions around Nearby Sun‐like Stars. The Astrophysical Journal, 640(2), 1051-1062. https://doi.org/10.1086/500161

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