2007-03-14 12:41:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Red dwarf, brown dwarf or gas giant. Depends on how massive the respective fragment is or can grow. Largest bit would collapse into a red dwarf, if the mass is smaller than 8% of the mass of our sun or (17-80 Jovian masses) it will collapse into a brown dwarf, if its even smaller (0.3 - 14/16 Jovian masses) it will collapse into a gas giant. If even smaller it will remain a gas cloud.
2007-03-14 13:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen Dedalus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how small it is. If it's just a tiny bit too small, it becomes a red dwarf; if it's a lot too small, it becomes a brown dwarf; smaller still it's a gas giant, and smaller than that, it probably remains a cloud.
2007-03-14 20:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by Rando 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Protostar, Brown Dwarf, Gas Planet. All correct answer.
Different names for the same thing.
2007-03-14 19:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by socialdeevolution 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gas giant.
2007-03-14 19:45:24 · answer #4 · answered by ZZ9 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
brown dwarf -- (An educated guess, not really an answer.)
2007-03-14 19:47:06 · answer #5 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a 'proto-star' and we have one in our own solar system. It's name is Jupiter.
HTH âº
Doug
2007-03-14 19:45:51 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋