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To: Junior

Hmmm. I wonder why? I can understand there being a size limit to a gas giant, (When it gets big enough, it's not a planet, it's a star!) but I don't see a limit to how many rocks you could pile in one place?


98 posted on 06/13/2005 6:12:07 PM PDT by null and void (Oh what a tag lined web we weave...)
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To: null and void; RadioAstronomer

I'm thinking our resident expert might be able to answer you on this. How 'bout it, RA?


103 posted on 06/13/2005 7:21:18 PM PDT by Junior (“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
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To: null and void
but I don't see a limit to how many rocks you could pile in one place

Me neither. I can see why it would be unlikely, though, at least with smaller stars like Gliese, because the chances of there being enough rocky material for a Jupiter-sized solid, probably aren't all that high. Jupiter's 318 times the mass of the earth. That's a lot of material.

113 posted on 06/14/2005 9:22:42 AM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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