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I wonder if it were to get close to a star, would the heat from the star be sufficient to ignite the fusion in the orphan planet?
by hrjet 13y ago
I wonder if it were to get close to a star, would the heat from the star be sufficient to ignite the fusion in the orphan planet?
- cubancigar11 13y agoAs I understand, a nearby star will strip off most of the gas and make it more akin to a comet, so pretty much opposite of fusion will happen if it were to get close to a star.
- gus_massa 13y agoA nearby star would raise the temperature a few hundreds of K. To have nuclear fusion you need a few millions of K. So the effect would be negligible.