Brown Dwarf Comparison
spitzer_ssc2020-09b April 9th, 2020
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Brown dwarfs are more massive than planets but not quite as massive as stars. Generally speaking, they have between 13 and 80 times the mass of Jupiter. A brown dwarf becomes a star if its core pressure gets high enough to start nuclear fusion.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6764-ssc2020-09b-Brown-Dwarf-Comparison
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- 2020-04-09
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- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6764-ssc2020-09b-Brown-Dwarf-Comparison
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- Spitzer Space Telescope
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- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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- 1200 E. California Blvd.
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- Pasadena
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- 91125
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- Spitzer Science Center
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- spitzer
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- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0011/9363/ssc2020-09b.tif
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- 2020-04-09
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- 1.2
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