Mass-radius curve of solar-composition substellar objects

ID: mass-radius-curve-of-solar-composition-substellar-objects

For a specified age and irradiation, a hydrogen–helium sequence rises at low mass, has radii near Jupiter's across giant planets and brown dwarfs, and declines as electron degeneracy pressure becomes important. Above the hydrogen-burning minimum mass, sustained fusion supports a rising low-mass stellar branch.

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