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RAMBO

(robust association of massive baryonic object)
(proposed astronomical objects comprising dark matter)

RAMBO (for robust association of massive baryonic object) is a 1990s proposed dark matter element consisting of a stellar association of stars sufficiently dim that observations miss them (which stars could be termed MACHOs). Brown dwarfs and white dwarfs are generally too dim to be observed from a distance, and exist virtually forever, so such an association should persist. M dwarfs can also be so dim as to be difficult to detect at kpc distances.


(dark matter,object type)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robust_associations_of_massive_baryonic_objects
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...442L...5M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ApJ...464..218M/abstract

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