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The short answer? Yes.
If a planet reaches a high enough mass, its gravity becomes sufficient to begin the fusion process. The cutoff is around 13 times the mass of Jupiter. When a planet has accumulated that much mass, we call it a Brown Dwarf. Within the astronomy community, there's a bit of disagreement as to whether a Brown Dwarf should be considered a star, or a planet. Whether it is, or it isn't, we know that anything more massive than a Brown Dwarf will definitely be a star. So, while the exact dividing line is a bit confused (even the 13 times Jupiter thing is more a guideline), it's safe to say that anything big enough to sustain nuclear fusion is too big to be a planet.
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∙ 14y agoYes, stars are A LOT larger than planets.Not necessarily some stars like neutron stars and white dwarfs are only 20 km across. That is much smaller than earth.
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∙ 13y agoNo stars are many, many, many, many, many miles away from each other since the only star in our solar system is the sun I think this could have been easily answered.
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∙ 13y agoStars has much more gravity then planets
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∙ 15y agoSome do
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Do stars and planets glow?
Stars do, by their own power. Planets merely reflect light.
Are stars moons?
No. Stars are their own class of of objects. In simple terms planets orbit stars and moons orbit planets.
How does gravity affect the stars moon an planets?
Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun and the stars and the stars in orbit around the center of the galaxy. Gravity also holds the stars together against their own internal pressure.
How are stars and planets different?
First of all, planets are way smaller than stars, stars are probably 10-1000's of times bigger than plants. Another thing is stars produce nuclear energy in their core so they burn and give of heat, which by far planets don't give off. The third thing is Stars have more gravity than planets so they make smaller bodies orbit around them. Planets are dark balls of rock and gas that orbit a star and stars are giant balls of hot gases that makes its own light and heat
What planets produce their own light?
No, planets don't give off light, stars did.
Do stars and planets glow?
Stars do, by their own power. Planets merely reflect light.
Do stars and planets both make their own light?
No. The stars make their own light, but the planets only relect light from the sun.
Why do you see stars twinkling but planets do not?
the stars emitt its own light. But the planets do not have any own light. It absorbs the light from the stars like a sun. It just reflects the light. And also the stars are far away from the earth than the planets. So we can found the twinkling of stars but not the planets.
Are stars moons?
No. Stars are their own class of of objects. In simple terms planets orbit stars and moons orbit planets.
The way planets and stars are different?
stars make their own light and planets get theirs from the sun!!!!!!!!!! hi!!!! :):>
How do planets and stars send light to us?
Planets reflect light from the sun. Stars emit their own light.
What are characteristic of planets?
planets do not shine with their own energy but shine because of energy of stars. they revolve around stars
Where are ExtraSolar planets found?
Extrasolar planets are planets found orbiting stars other then our own.
Do stars orbit planets or planets orbit stars?
Planets orbit stars.
What planets besides Jupiter are in the Milky Way galaxy?
There are 8 planets in our own SOLAR SYSTEM, including Jupiter; according to current research, it seems that most of the stars in our Milky Way have their own planets. That means there are probably over a billion stars in our Milky Way; most of these stars have not been discovered yet.
Are star and planet alike?
A star and a planet, both have cores.
What is hotter planets or stars?
stars, the planets have to get heat from stars
