Lowest mass brown dwarf found

astroron (Ron) · #1 14-10-2011, 11:27 PM

A bevy of Brown Dwarfs and one of only six Jupiter Mass has been found, bringing down the limit between what makes a planet and brown dwarf .
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articl...ce&topic=space
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ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 14-10-2011, 11:57 PM

Hmmmm . . . interesting.

Makes me wonder if there are also cold Stars floating around out there by the billions.

adman (Adam) · #3 15-10-2011, 01:03 AM

Depending on how many there are - could they be the dark matter everyone's looking for...??

astroron (Ron) · #4 15-10-2011, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by adman

Depending on how many there are - could they be the dark matter everyone's looking for...??

Even if they find Billions they would not make up the 75% or more that is dark matter.
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