2007-06-19 08:33:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I was just wondering that too...
2007-06-19 08:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Larger by volume or larger by mass?
If Jupiter was 10 times as massive it would be... more massive. Same ol´ Jupiter only slightly bigger and maybe some difference in the atmospheric processes. If Jupiter was 70 times more massive it would be on the verge of being able to sustain nuclear fusion in its core to become a red dwarf star.
2007-06-19 09:35:26 · answer #2 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to be considered a brown dwarf, Jupiter would have to be 14 times more massive. In order to become a star, it would have to be 75 times more massive to start nuclear fusion. At 10 times its size it would be just a larger Jupiter and still a planet.
2007-06-19 09:00:38 · answer #3 · answered by Twizard113 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it were larger, it would still be Jupiter. We have discovered that if Jupiter had continued to grow in it's creation, it would have become a star or sun.
Interesting that =)
2007-06-20 00:42:16 · answer #4 · answered by revoltix 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would stay Jupiter except it would suck up a few planets (+ asteroids, etc.) Everything else would probably become moons and parts of it may be habitable if Jupiter had a good atmosphere.
2007-06-19 08:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The size is debatable, but 10 to 14 times larger would make it about the size of the sun, and quite possible a second star in our solar system. (Altho, with that kind of mass, our solar system likely wouldn't exist...)
2007-06-19 08:41:57 · answer #6 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A star.
2007-06-23 04:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A big gas giant that would suck us up!
2007-06-19 08:48:00 · answer #8 · answered by magix151 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A sun.
2007-06-19 09:00:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋