However, since its parent star is a red dwarf-a far smaller and fainter object than the sun-that orbit is, in fact, much smaller that the Earth's around the sun.

但是因为其母体恒星就像是一个红色的小矮人——比起地球来实在是又小又模糊，因此它的运行轨道与地球相比也就小了很多。

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Kirkpatrick doesn't think Nemesis will be the red dwarf star with an enormous orbit described by Muller.

克里克·帕特里克并不认为“复仇者”是一颗按照穆勒所言的拥有极大轨道的红矮星。

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The sun will then become what's called a red giant, and its radius will reach just past the orbit of Venus.

太阳就变成了所谓哦红巨星，它的半径将会达到以前金星的运行轨道。

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