Article 3E47X Mass limit proposed so boffins can tell when they've fingered a brown dwarf or a fat planet

Mass limit proposed so boffins can tell when they've fingered a brown dwarf or a fat planet

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The official definition of a planet should be updated to include an upper mass limit, so scientists can agree on whether a large newly found celestial body is either a huge planet - or a tiny failed star."

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