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[โ€“] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I misrembered, it remains roughly the same volume, until 1.6 juipiters of mass, at which point the effect of gravity from each additional hydrogen is greater than the intermolecular forces and additional hydrogen would cause it to compress more than it would grow.

[โ€“] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Thanks for the explanation, clears it up completely.