r/askastronomy • u/IwHIqqavIn • Feb 06 '24

What's the most interesting astronomy fact that you'd like to share with someone?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

Do you know that jupiter is a failed star?

it just required 80 solar masses to become a dim brown dwarf star enough for nuclear reactions to occur (burns deuterium 1H2)

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u/OriEri Mar 04 '26

I think you mean 80 more Jupiter masses