Quote:
Originally Posted by Drunk Vegan
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.