English Explanatory Dictionary

supernova impostor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extremely energetic stellar flare event that is bright enough to be mistaken for a supernova, but through later spectral analysis is revealed to not be one.

Word forms

supernova impostor supernova impostors

Etymology

From being mistaken for a supernova.

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