star one-thousandth of solar mass

From: Allan Adler (ara_at_nestle.csail.mit.edu)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: 27 Nov 2004 11:25:26 -0500

A recent Science News had an article about what seems to be a star
observed in infra red and which seems to have a mass of about one
thousandth of a solar mass. I've heard it claimed that Jupiter and Saturn
could never become stars because they are not massive enough. Does this
lightweight example give any reason to doubt that? 

-- 
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@zurich.csail.mit.edu>
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