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To: Red Badger
...has a mass only six times that of Jupiter.

A failed star, insufficient mass to start the reaction, or coalescing and reaction to start soon- maybe a few million more years.

20 posted on 10/10/2013 3:18:29 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed
This one is six times the mass of Jupiter, so maybe 12.5 times larger to ignite, rough estimate.

...reaction to start soon- maybe a few million more years or maybe never, if that is correct.

22 posted on 10/10/2013 3:23:56 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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