To: HOTTIEBOY
You may find this thread intresting
3 posted on
12/28/2005 1:05:40 PM PST by
MNJohnnie
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To: MNJohnnie
SunkenCiv is right. It is a blast from the past. Since then some scientists have theorized that many gas giants are merely brown dwarfs that never reached the point of nuclear reaction within themselves.
There is a fine line between a massive gas giant planetary body and a brown dwarf star. Until the core reaches 18 million degrees or so, gas giants don't have the pressure to support nuclear fusion.
Interesting story nonetheless. Thanks for the ping.
5 posted on
12/28/2005 1:20:50 PM PST by
HOTTIEBOY
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