Planck star

English

Noun

Planck star (plural Planck stars)

1. (astrophysics) A hypothetical astronomical object whose energy is around the Planck density (5.155 × 10⁹⁶ kg/m³). [from 21st c.]
   • 2015, Carlo Rovelli, translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Penguin, published 2016, page 44:

     The entire matter of the sun condensed into the space of an atom: a Planck star should be constituted by this extreme state of matter.

Coordinate terms

• Planck relic

 

Anagrams

• track plans, trackplans