On 10/03/2008, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There are over trillions of stars in the are of space
we can see via naked
eye or instruments. The analogy generally used to describe is that there are
more stars in the universe than sand in the beaches of this entire planet.
Clearly a star is a notable object in space worthy of an article. And it is
feasible to write entire articles on each and every one of them if something
as dull as Proxima Centauri (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri)
is any indication. We should not dump them for being "Astronomy cruft". We
should expand them instead.
Proxima Centauri is near to earth so we can actually study it in some
detail. Thus while objectively it might be considered a bog standard
red dwarf from the POV of humanity it is very interesting.
--
geni