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anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• spicehoarder@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Okay, I’ll bite. “what about it?”

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  • anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Apparently 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.

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      • anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • Mortacus@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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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