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To: Crazieman

I don't mean necessarily into a brown dwarf, I mean any kind of star. Are you saying it would take a mass of 79 jupiters to start fusing hydrogen?

Qwinn


17 posted on 04/29/2005 10:44:29 PM PDT by Qwinn
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To: Qwinn

Well, about 80 Jupiters is thought to be the flashpoint.

And even then it would be a very dull star. "Brown dwarf"


20 posted on 04/29/2005 10:46:22 PM PDT by Crazieman (If Con is the opposite of Pro, what is the opposite of Progress?)
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