"The original verses are from 1806, more than a century before the foundations of Stellar Astrophysics were established. Some astronomers [12] then attempted to update the verses of the song, taking into account that nowadays Stellar structure and Stellar Evolution are mature sciences.
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- I know exactly what you are
- Opaque ball of hot dense gas
- Million times our planet's mass
- Looking small because you're far
- I know exactly what you are
- Fusing atoms in your core
- Hydrogen, helium, carbon and more
- With such power you shine far
- Twinkle twinkle little star
- Classed by their spectroscopy
- Oh, Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me
- Bright when close and faint when far
- I know exactly what you are
- Smallest ones burn cool and slow
- Still too hot to visit, though
- Red stars dominate by far
- Twinkle twinkle little star
- Largest ones are hot and blue
- Supernova when they're through
- Then black hole or neutron star
- I know exactly what you are
- Our Sun's average as stars go
- Formed 5 billion years ago
- Halfway through its life so far
- Twinkle twinkle little star
- Forming from collapsing clouds
- Cold and dusty gas enshrouds
- Spinning, heating protostar
- I know exactly what you are
Reading this makes me think that... you would like this. And I can't stop myself from thinking that. Who else would indulge in humours such as these? ahha. mb I'll try.
