Comment on if jupiter gained enough mass to trigger fusion and ignite into a star...

• SorteKanin@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I assumed in this scenario that orbits would be left unchanged aside from orbital velocity - if we can magic Jupiter much bigger, we can magic the orbits too :P

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  • Apollo42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I mean if we’re talking magic now, then all bets are off haha

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    • SorteKanin@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Not sure how else you would increase Jupiter’s mass that much :P

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      • Apollo42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        We feed it everything else in the system except for the sun and hope it is appeased for another cycle :)

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