micronova
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Coined by the Suspicious0bservers citizen science team, led by Ben Davidson. From micro- + nova.
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micronova (plural micronovae or micronovas)
- (astronomy) A stellar outburst about one millionth the strength of a classical nova.
- 2021, Ben Davidson, The Next End of the World: The Rebirth of Catastrophism, Chapter 5.1, p.42:
- The pressure eventually overcomes the outer shell, erupting in a micronova.
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stellar phenomenon
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micronova f (plural micronovae or micronova's, diminutive micronovaatje n)
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micronova f (plural micronove)
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micronova f (plural micronovas)