Re: star one-thousandth of solar mass

From: Prai Jei (pvstownsend_at_zyx-abc.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:13:06 +0000

Allan Adler (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message
<y93d5xzl0nd.fsf@nestle.csail.mit.edu>:

>
> 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?

I've read somewhere that more radiation comes from Jupiter than it receives
from the sun. Does Jupiter *qualify* as an infra-red mini-star as
described? 

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