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Was mars going to be a star?
No. Mars is teeny-tiny compared to the largest planet, Jupiter. Jupiter is perhaps a couple of hundred times to small to be a star. Stars have massive size which creates massive heat, which results in nuclear fusion.
How many more times massive would Jupiter need to be a sun?
Jupiter would need to be about 80 times more massive to become a star like our Sun. This is because a star needs to have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion in its core, a process that generates energy and heat. Jupiter is a gas giant planet and does not have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion.
What is the difference between Jupiter and the sun?
Jupiter is a gas giant planet and is 1/1000 the size of the sun. The sun is a star, also a sphere of gas. Because of its greater size and mass, it has nuclear fusion reactions going on it its core, where hydrogen fuses into helium and releases great quantities of energy, which we see as light and radiation..
Why is the Sun a star while Jupiter is not?
Although Jupiter is comprised of similar materials to the Sun - mainly hydrogen and helium, it does not have enough mass to heat the core of the planet to 10,000oK. This is a requirement for nuclear fusion to occur and without that, Jupiter is not a star, but a planet. For Jupiter to become a star, it would have to accumulate 75% more mass to achieve this.
What gas giant has nuclear fusion on it?
None. Nuclear fusion occurs in stars. Jupiter, for example, has all the right ingredients to be a star but as huge as it is, it doesn't have enough mass to generate the heat and internal pressure facilitate nuclear fusion. Hope this helps :-)
Was Jupiter a star in the past?
No, Jupiter was never a star in the past. Jupiter is a planet in our solar system, not a star. Stars are massive balls of gas that produce their own light and heat through nuclear fusion, while planets like Jupiter do not have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion and instead reflect light from the sun.
Is Jupiter close to becoming a star?
Jupiter was going to become a star but when studied closely, scientists found that it was not massive enough to cause nuclear fusion in its core
What is the difference between brown dwarfs and Jupiter?
Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that are larger and more massive than planets like Jupiter. They are not massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion in their cores, which is a defining characteristic of stars. Jupiter, on the other hand, is a gas giant planet in our solar system.
Was mars going to be a star?
No. Mars is teeny-tiny compared to the largest planet, Jupiter. Jupiter is perhaps a couple of hundred times to small to be a star. Stars have massive size which creates massive heat, which results in nuclear fusion.
How is electricity produced using nuclear reactors?
water is heated up by nuclear fission and turned into steam, that steam then turns massive turbines which generate electricity.
Why doesnt Jupiter make nuclear fusion?
Jupiter is not nearly massive enough or dense enough to hit "critical mass"; essentially, there's not enough pressure at the core of the planet to start the initial nuclear reaction and its not dense enough to maintain the reaction.
Does nuclear power plant generate carbondyoxyde?
The only source of vapor (by which the turbine is driven) in nuclear power plant is the nuclear energy (instead of burning out of fossile fuel).
What is the difference in a nuclear power plant and a nuclear bomb?
A nuclear power plant uses a slow, controlled nuclear chain reaction to heat water and generate electricity. A nuclear bomb uses a very rapid uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction in order to generate a massive explosion.
How can you tell Jupiter is not a star?
Jupiter is a planet, not a star, because it does not generate its own light through nuclear fusion like stars do. Instead, Jupiter reflects light from the Sun. Additionally, Jupiter is much smaller than stars and orbits a star (the Sun) like other planets in our solar system.
How many more times massive would Jupiter need to be a sun?
Jupiter would need to be about 80 times more massive to become a star like our Sun. This is because a star needs to have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion in its core, a process that generates energy and heat. Jupiter is a gas giant planet and does not have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion.
What are the alternate ways to generate electricity instead of fossil fuels?
geothermic wind solar hydro nuclear energy
What caused the failed star Jupiter to not ignite and become a fully-fledged star?
Jupiter did not become a star because it lacks the mass needed to sustain nuclear fusion in its core. Stars need a certain amount of mass to generate enough pressure and heat for nuclear fusion to occur, and Jupiter's mass is not sufficient for this process to take place.
