| No. Stars are objects that generate the bulk of their energy as a result of sustained nuclear fusion in their interiors. Jupiter is too light to be a star, and it's core temperature is too low for nuclear fusion to occur. So it doesn't meet the criteria for star. As far as i'm aware it doesn't emit any light of its own either?
I don't believe the theory, to my mind it's just another one of the 'the end of the world is nigh!' 'predictions' that have been around since prehistoric man or whatever first developed a god complex. Those theories are probably best saved until the sun is on the verge of exploding. So, in another billion years or so.
Last edited by Pennyroyal; 11-26-2006 at 07:24 AM.
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