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| A brown dwarf is a large red-hot planet. Nearly a star, it is of sufficient mass to ignite fusion fires at it's core. A planet 10 times the mass of Jupiter will be siufficient to start the burning. Here a brown dwarf is seen from the surface of a passing comet, fragmenting from the heat. A thin ring of debris surrounds the planet-star. |
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