Earth and Space
Where are the green stars?
Stories from Physics
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For a star to emit most radiation in the green wavelength it would require a surface temperature of around 6000 K. But it would then also emit similar amounts of blue and red light resulting in a white or pale-yellow colour, like the Sun. So there are no green stars.
References
Where are the green stars?
P. S. Carvalho, P. S., & A.S. E. Sousa, Should we use colours as symbolic representations of hot and cold? Physics Education, vol. 41, no. 3, 2006, pp. 263-266.
