What is a Brown Dwarf?
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Brown dwarfs are more massive than planets but not quite as massive as stars. Generally speaking, they have between 13 and 80 times the mass of Jupiter. A brown dwarf becomes a star if its core pressure gets high enough to start nuclear fusion.
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Jupiter |
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Release Date |
2020-04-09 |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL-Caltech |
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photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23685 |
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PIA23685 |