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Jupiter was once thought to be a "failed star". However, we now realise that it's

nowhere near massive enough. It would need to have about ten times more mass

even to be a "brown dwarf". To be a true star, with nuclear fusion, it would need to have about 80 times more mass. Then it could become a "red dwarf" star.

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