On 10 Oct 2007, at 6:07 pm, Ed Shaya wrote: > Rick, > > I think we do need a solution for the problem that brown dwarfs > are not considered to be stars. One solution is to have a new term > stellar_object and star, brown_dwarf, black_dwarf, white_dwarf, > neutron_star are narrower terms. And perhaps stellar_mass_black_hole. Done. Rick