Are brown dwarfs stars or planets? Boffins find evidence for proto-suns in a solar system

Are brown dwarfs stars or planets? Boffins find evidence for proto-suns in a solar system

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/10/brown_dwarf_theory/

The discovery of two oddball brown dwarfs orbiting a giant orange star has reignited the question of whether brown dwarfs are feeble stars or bloated planets.

V Ophiuchi (pronounced Nu Ophiuchi) is a large, cool K-type star surrounded by two brown dwarfs. One is 22.2 times the mass of Jupiter, and the other is even heavier at 24.7 times the mass of Jupiter. Brown dwarfs are often found orbiting stars or floating through the Milky Way alone, so it’s not too uncommon to spot two circling a larger a star.