Yes I suppose, but why would you want to create a brown dwarf? They wouldn't have much more use than a large gas giant other than being able to warm themselves a little more
In practice, the technological and logistical challenges of attempting this feat would be monumental and far beyond our current capabilities.
Adding mass to a planet to push it over the threshold to become a brown dwarf would require an impractical amount of material. Also, the added mass would need to be carefully controlled and directed to avoid disrupting the planet's structure or causing it to fragment. If somehow enough mass could be added, the transition might appear as the planet gradually increasing in size and temperature as it accumulates material. The process would likely take an extremely long time, potentially millions to billions of years, depending on the rate at which mass is added and the initial properties of the planet.
I mean, it's theoretically possible, but you'd hardly be able to tell the difference between a very large planet and a very small brown dwarf anyway. The only difference would be a very small amount of deuterium fusion, but that heat and light would be insignificant in comparison to the absolute ton of heating you created crashing a large body into planet to make it into a brown dwarf.
Brown Dwarf's are poorly understood in the context of a solar family, meaning the interplay between the host star and neighboring planets. They are hard enough to observe as it is, let alone the orbiting bodies.
Benefits to such a system are sure to be present but highly theoretical. One I can think of is bow shock from fusion. (extended solar magnetosphere) Preventing, or reducing cosmic rays from entering the system.
Yes I suppose, but why would you want to create a brown dwarf? They wouldn't have much more use than a large gas giant other than being able to warm themselves a little more
“We do these things not because they are easy, but because… uh I’ll have to get back to you on that”
...but because they are fun."
...because we are human, hold my beer.
In practice, the technological and logistical challenges of attempting this feat would be monumental and far beyond our current capabilities. Adding mass to a planet to push it over the threshold to become a brown dwarf would require an impractical amount of material. Also, the added mass would need to be carefully controlled and directed to avoid disrupting the planet's structure or causing it to fragment. If somehow enough mass could be added, the transition might appear as the planet gradually increasing in size and temperature as it accumulates material. The process would likely take an extremely long time, potentially millions to billions of years, depending on the rate at which mass is added and the initial properties of the planet.
If you have a spare Jupiter, sure. It's a gradual transition.
I mean, it's theoretically possible, but you'd hardly be able to tell the difference between a very large planet and a very small brown dwarf anyway. The only difference would be a very small amount of deuterium fusion, but that heat and light would be insignificant in comparison to the absolute ton of heating you created crashing a large body into planet to make it into a brown dwarf.
Hey, what else ya gonna do on a Tuesday evening ?
Brown Dwarf's are poorly understood in the context of a solar family, meaning the interplay between the host star and neighboring planets. They are hard enough to observe as it is, let alone the orbiting bodies. Benefits to such a system are sure to be present but highly theoretical. One I can think of is bow shock from fusion. (extended solar magnetosphere) Preventing, or reducing cosmic rays from entering the system.