Brown Dwarf -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Brown Dwarf

This entry contributed by Dana Romero

An astronomical object, possibly 50 to 100 times as massive as Jupiter, which is not massive enough for its gravitational field to induce nuclear fusion and thus become a star.

Bodies with just enough mass to form stars are known as red dwarfs, and are the least massive stars.

Black Dwarf, Red Dwarf, White Dwarf


© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein

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