do you think thier is a way to turn the elements of Jupiter into heavier elements to create a star?

Question

damnit gene you always got to burst my bubble.

Answer 1

as it is the only thing that jupiter needs is less heavier elements and more lighter elements, not the other way around, however it may be possible to turn jupiter into a sun by generating a massive explosion, the likes of which to destroy the planet, when it fell in upon itself afterwards, it would be possible for it to become a sun.

Answer 2

Nope, that's not how you get a star. Stars are more than 90% hydrogen, and they are about 13 times as massive as Jupiter. You can't make it heavier by making the elements fuse to heavier ones - you still have what you started with.

Answer 3

Stars don't burn heavier elements except when they are near end of life. The smallest brown dwarf star we have ever found is 200 times more massive than Jupiter. The planet is too small.

Answer 4

It's not that Jupiter doesn't have the necessary elements to become a star but that it doesn't have enough mass. A star is 'born' when it scrunches up its hydrogen gas into a relatively small central core with such great density that nuclear fusion can begin. Jupiter just doesn't have enough mass to do that.

Answer 5

you wouldnt need heavier elements to turn jupiter into a star. you would only need to find a way to crush it into a small enough size to make it start fusing hydrogen into helium. gravity is usually responsible for doing this and since jupiter isnt massive enough, it doesnt have enough gravity to crush itself. but if you could crush jupiter then you could turn it into a star. hope this helps!!!!!!

Answer 6

You don't need any heavier elements, just more Hydrogen and Helium...

Jupiter is short about .6 Solar Masses of H2 and He2 to become a star - it's just not dense enough.