Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.sci Subject: Re: VB-8B: First Planet Outside Solar System Discovered Message-ID: <1279@dciem.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 15:55:32 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.1279 Posted: Fri Dec 14 15:55:32 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 17:18:41 EST References:Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 12 Summary: I was under the impression that a planet bigger than 2 or 3 times Jupiter could not exist, because it would ignite and be a dwarf star if it were any heavier. If this new object is a planet over 30 times Jupiter mass, is the theory wrong, or is it a companion star rather than a planet? The reported temperature suggests that it might have an internal source of heat. Can a hydrogen-burning star exist at 1000-2000K? -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsrgv!dciem!mmt