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Originally Posted by renormalised
Nope, that's a popular misconception that has unfortunately been promulgated by many scientists. It was only done to explain the similarities and differences between gas giant planets and stars. The differences are more profound than you've been led to believe.
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I know the differences, and that a Gas giant is in no way a 'star', I just think that the differences are just as profound between a nice hard crusty planet like earth, and a gas giant like Jupiter, having them both named planets is a pretty wide definition.