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Stellar astrophysics

the mass, near thirteen Jupiter masses, above which an object fuses deuterium, often used to separate brown dwarfs from giant planets.

In stellar astrophysics, deuterium-burning limit refers to the mass, near thirteen Jupiter masses, above which an object fuses deuterium, often used to separate brown dwarfs from giant planets. This meaning comes from Spiegel (2011) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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Spiegel, D. S., Burrows, A., & Milsom, J. A. (2011). The Deuterium-burning Mass Limit for Brown Dwarfs and Giant Planets. The Astrophysical Journal, 727(1), 57. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/727/1/57

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