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saanity t1_j9v2rhp wrote

Reply to comment by AbandonedPlanet in Massive 'forbidden planet' orbits a strangely tiny star only 4 times its size. by Rifletree

Every astronomy enthusiast gets mad when you call gas giants a failed star. That's like saying an asteroid is a failed planet. It is what it is and has an important place in our universe.

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atomfullerene t1_j9w9sac wrote

It's also thought that stars and planets form in fundamentally different ways, so an actual failed star like a brown dwarf should be different from a planet, even one of about the same size.

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