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planetary nebula

DEFINITIONS OF: planetary nebula

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n a nebula that was once thought to be a star with its planets but is now thought to be a very hot star surrounded by an expanding envelope of ionized gases that emit a fluorescent glow because of intense radiation from the star

Type of:
nebula
an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space
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