Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dmcnh.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!decvax!ittvax!sii!dmcnh!gts From: gts@dmcnh.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sci Subject: Re: VB-8B: First Planet Outside Solar System Discovered Message-ID: <170@dmcnh.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 11:18:20 EST Article-I.D.: dmcnh.170 Posted: Tue Dec 18 11:18:20 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 02:22:06 EST References: , <1279@dciem.UUCP> Organization: Datamedia Corp, Nashua, NH Lines: 19 ++ "Igniting" is a continuum. Jupiter radiates more energy than it absorbs due to the fusion occuring in its core from the intense pressure. Larger planets would radiate more and more energy from more complete fusing until it could be considered a star (red- dwarf status). The fact that there are so many binary star systems would indicate that the processes that occur to create a stellar system leaves much mass in orbit around the major stellar mass. It is my belief that almost every star has a "planetary" system consisting of some amount of orbiting mass. It seems natural that we discover the largest ones first. --------------------------------------------------------------------- >From the heavily-sedated terminal of ><..!decvax!ittvax!sii!dmcnh!gts Disclaimer: The content of this message is the sole responsibility of dmcnh!gts and does not necessarily reflect the policies of Datamedia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------