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by qbrass 866 days ago
The sun contains 99.86% of the solar system's mass. Jupiter contains .2%. The other gas giants make up the rest, and everything else combined rounds down to zero. You could dump everything from Mercury to the Oort cloud into Jupiter and it's still not enough mass to turn it into a star.
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I’ve heard that but would like to see for myself. Don’t forget about dark matter.