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• NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ok, that’s interesting! I didn’t realize there was controversy around this definition.

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• Mortacus@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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