Dr. Coomer@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoIf a sun burns hotter with greater mass, does adding a tonne of water make it hotter?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up132
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minus-squarefoofiepie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIs it true that Jupiter itself is close to being a star if you were to add more mass? Would smooshing two Jupiters together make a star?
minus-square4z01235@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agohttps://www.astronomy.com/science/ask-astro-could-jupiter-ever-become-a-star/ Depending on how you define a star, you could smush ~13 Jupiters together and make something that is maybe a star. To make a definite star you need ~80 Jupiters. To make it the same size as our Sun you’d need almost 250 Jupiters.
minus-squaree_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoYou’d need to smoosh seventy five Jupiters together to make a star.
minus-squarefoofiepie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThanks. Wow. That’s insane. Stars have a lot of mass then.
minus-squareHeckGazer@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf you ever feel like feeling extremely insignificant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zlcWdTs2-s
Is it true that Jupiter itself is close to being a star if you were to add more mass? Would smooshing two Jupiters together make a star?
https://www.astronomy.com/science/ask-astro-could-jupiter-ever-become-a-star/
Depending on how you define a star, you could smush ~13 Jupiters together and make something that is maybe a star. To make a definite star you need ~80 Jupiters. To make it the same size as our Sun you’d need almost 250 Jupiters.
You’d need to smoosh seventy five Jupiters together to make a star.
Seventy six if you relax
Thanks. Wow. That’s insane. Stars have a lot of mass then.
If you ever feel like feeling extremely insignificant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zlcWdTs2-s