Super jupiter

As a super-Jupiter are exoplanets with more than a mass of Jupiter called. Super Jupiter can have a thicker atmosphere and clearer veils of fog than Jupiter . Due to their large mass, they have a very dense core.

There is an upper limit to the size of Super Jupiter. At a certain mass, the fusion of deuterium begins . Then the celestial body becomes a brown dwarf . The limit for deuterium fusion is around 13 times the mass of Jupiter.

Originally thought to be a Super-Jupiter, Kappa Andromedae b, but it is now classified as a brown dwarf.

Web links

• Astronomers Directly Image Massive Star's 'Super-Jupiter' at NASA .gov
• Direct Imaging of a Super-Jupiter Around a Massive Star , press release from Subaru Telescope (Japan)