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Old 17-November-2008, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Drunk Vegan View Post
Don't know how you came to this conclusion.

But let me try and work this out:

1. Brown dwarves = greater than 13 Jupiter masses by definition, and burn deuterium - hence, Brown dwarves are stars, not planets
2. An object orbiting a brown dwarf which is less than 13 Jupiter masses and does not burn deuterium is a planet.
Do you have a reference for that claim? It contradicts the IAU working definition.
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