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To: C19fan

I’ve read Jupiter mass objects considered as failed stars. Right on the edge of the critical tipping point but just never got there.


3 posted on 07/22/2020 7:29:33 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: BBQToadRibs

A brown dwarf needs to have at least 65 Jupiter masses to fuse deuterium and lithium. Hydrogen fusion requires at least 75 Jupiter masses.


4 posted on 07/22/2020 7:31:31 AM PDT by C19fan
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