Size Comparison of Stars, Brown Dwarf, Jupiter (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Size Comparison of Stars, Brown Dwarf, Jupiter

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This illustration shows the average brown dwarf is much smaller than our sun and low mass stars and only slightly larger than the planet Jupiter.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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