Talk:A V star

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[edit] The name

I think we should ke this artical from confusing with white dwarfs. But I would like to see it also match it's buddies (i.e. yellow dwarf, red dwarf). But I had an idea, what if we call the title White dwarf (MKK); the MKK means Yerkes spectral classification. I thought this could work. What do you think? — HurricaneDevon @ 11:16, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

That would be needlessly confusing, "white dwarf" has a particularly specific meaning. "White main sequence star" is the best description we have for these: the distinction between dwarfs and giants is less well defined for the earlier star classes anyway. Do you have any evidence in the scientific literature (i.e. papers) to indicate that the term "white dwarf" is used for A-class main sequence stars? Chaos syndrome 17:47, 28 April 2006 (UTC)