• bss03@infosec.pub
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    12 days ago

    The increased mass increases the force of gravity on the outer particles which ends up reducing the radius more than the increase due to the layer of new hydrogen, IIRC.

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      11 days ago

      Thank you - my friend was only thinking in terms of smaller by mass not thinking about volume.