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Henyey track  

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  • A nearly horizontal path on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram that a pre-main sequence star of small mass follows in an early stage of evolution after leaving the Hayashi track and before reaching the main sequence. During this stage the pre-main sequence star remains almost wholly in radiative equilibrium. (en)

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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/721

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