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minus-squarespicehoarder@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoOkay, I’ll bite. “what about it?”
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoApparently not though: Today, the International Astronomical Union places the dividing line between brown dwarfs and planets at 13 Jupiter masses. This is the minimum mass required to ignite deuterium fusion.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoOk, that’s interesting! I didn’t realize there was controversy around this definition.
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minus-squareMortacus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI’d say Jupiter would need to be about 3 times massive to count as one. And more realistically around 10ish.
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Okay, I’ll bite. “what about it?”
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Apparently not though:
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Ok, that’s interesting! I didn’t realize there was controversy around this definition.
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I’d say Jupiter would need to be about 3 times massive to count as one. And more realistically around 10ish.
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