Planetary Masses - 3rd attempt

TYPE	MASS
Brown Dwarf	if [Fe/H] > 0, then ~13 to ~65Mj if [Fe/H] = 0, then ~13 to ~80Mj if [Fe/H] < 0, then ~13 to ~80-90Mj
Transitional Planets	Mass between 12-14Mj, due to metallicity
Gray-area between planet & sub-brown dwarf	Mass at ~5 to 12Mj
Electron degeneracy	Begins at ~2Mj
Metallic hydrogen	Begins at ~0.1Mj / 31.8Me
Ability to start accreting gas	Begins at ~7-15Me
Ability to maintain volatile?
Ability to maintain a tenuous atmosphere?

Any suggestions/criticisms would is welcomed.

I would set limit to "ability to mantain volatile" between <0.15-5 Me.
And "mantaining a tenuous atmosphere" between <0.05-<0.1 Me.

A very interesting table! Where did you get the information for it?

John M. Dollan wrote interesting Planetary Classification about

Available here at his site:

http://arcbuilder.home.bresnan.net/PCLMaster.html

Note that electron degeneracy starts much, much earlier than 2 Jupiter masses: it is a minor contribution even in everyday solids, and degeneracy pressure is at least partially responsible for holding up the cores of even low mass planets.

It is at ~2 Jupiter masses where the dominant contribution to the core pressure is degeneracy pressure rather than electrostatic repulsion, so increasing mass results in decreasing radius.

I wonder why they've still not given Lazarus Nobel Prize
His knowledge seems infinite...

Edasich wrote:

His knowledge seems infinite...

I know, right. Lazarus is very, very knowledgable. I admire him for it. It makes me wonder though... Lazarus if you don't mind me asking, what is your level of formal education?

According to me he's a Nobel scientist which's hiding beyond anonymous forum user ... *lol:

I got the table from previous entries in extrasolar forum, very long time ago.

What would be the electron degeneracy mass be at?

This is a rough outline on the major classes based on only the mass.

*	Brown Dwarf	if [Fe/H] > 0, then ~13 to ~65Mj if [Fe/H] = 0, then ~13 to ~80Mj if [Fe/H] < 0, then ~13 to ~80-90Mj
A	Crossover Planet	masses around and above ~13Mj.
B	Super Giant Planet	above Jupiter, maybe ~5-12Mj
C	Giant Planet	where Jupiter is
D	Subgiant Planet	maybe Saturn maybe around the metallic hydrogen formation? ~0.1Mj / 31.8Me
E	Transitional Planet	where the mass is enough to being the process of being a gas giant ~7-15Me
F	Dwarf Planet	where Earth is
G	Subdwarf Planet	where Mercury is
H	Planetoid	where Ceres is
I	Subplanetoid	smaller asteroids and giant boulders

I'm thinking Pluto will probably at G (Subdwarf Planet) area, since it still has significant atmospheric activities. But it could also be cause it is far out in the cold. Need to wait and see if they find something smaller beyond Neptune and see if it still exhibit an atmopheric change.

I'll update this if I or anyone have any new information.

So your classification would group Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Gliese 436 b into a single category?

Uranus = 14.536Me
Neptune = 17.147Me
Gliese 436b = 22.2±1.0Me
Saturn = 95.152Me

So far it looks:
Saturn = subgiant planet
Gliese 436b = crossing between the transitional/subgiant planet range
Neptune = crossing between the transitional/subgiant planet range
Uranus = probably going to be in the transitional planet