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The definition of a brown dwarf is that there is enough heat and compression for deuterium and/or lithium fusion, but not protium fusion. The exact model limit
by delta_p_delta_x 3mo ago
The definition of a brown dwarf is that there is enough heat and compression for deuterium and/or lithium fusion, but not protium fusion.
The exact model limit is unclear, but the physics modelling is relatively straightforward.
- walrus01 3mo agoI had only the vaguest notion up until 15 minutes ago of how these are being categorized, this one is described as either a brown dwarf or giant planet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoRoT-3b https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoRoT-3b see the Classification header of the page