Preferred Name

Be stars

Definitions

A hot star of spectral type B showing Balmer lines in emission. Be stars are fast rotators (spinning at about 200 km/sec) and have strong stellar winds with important mass loss.

ID

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#be-stars

broader

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#early-type-emission-stars

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#emission-line-stars

http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/uat#b-stars

definition

A hot star of spectral type B showing Balmer lines in emission. Be stars are fast rotators (spinning at about 200 km/sec) and have strong stellar winds with important mass loss.

exactMatch

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/142

prefLabel

Be stars

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