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Very Low Density

It's interesting that this planet is larger than the ~13 Mj limit for deuterium fusion, but perhaps whatever is keeping it "fluffY" is stopping it packing close enough at its core for that ignition which would then zap it into the category of a brown drawrf, not a planet.

(or maybe it DID have that early igniion and has now cooled? Not enough data...)

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