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Why do astronomers consider Jupiter a planet that was almost a star?

April 26, 2017astronomers Jupiter Planet star

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Why do astronomers consider Jupiter a planet that was almost a star?

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Thus while Jupiter is too small to be experiencing any form of nuclear fusion, if it were just a bit larger (13 times larger) it would be a proto star and it is the nearest thing we have in our solar system to a near miss for a second sun.