On the slow end of stars
"The planetary nebula NGC 6369's blue-green ring marks the location where energetic ultraviolet light has stripped electrons from oxygen atoms in the gas. Our Sun, being a single star that rotates on the slow end of stars, is very likely going to wind up looking akin to this nebula after perhaps another 6 or 7 billion years."
(A caption under the picture taken by NASA's Hubble Telescope.)
Does "a single star that rotates on the slow end of stars" mean 'a star that belongs to the set of single stars that rotate in the slowest way'?
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tkacka15 Does "a single star that rotates on the slow end of stars" mean 'a star that belongs to the set of single stars that rotate in the slowest way'? "On the slow end of stars" is somewhat infelicitous, but yes, pretty much. Its rotation speed is slower than that of most other stars.
- tkacka15 Does "a single star that rotates on the slow end of stars" mean 'a star that belongs to the set of single stars that rotate in the slowest way'?
- "On the slow end of stars" is somewhat infelicitous, but yes, pretty much.
- Its rotation speed is slower than that of most other stars.
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tkacka15Does "a single star that rotates on the slow end of stars" mean 'a star that belongs to the set of single stars that rotate in the slowest way'?
"On the slow end of stars" is somewhat infelicitous, but yes, pretty much. Its rotation speed is slower than that of most other stars.
0I suppose it means that it is a single star, and it also rotates relatively slowly, compared to stars in general.
To my mind, "rotates on the slow end of stars" is odd wording.
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