Shrinking sun

Posted by Heather on May 27, 2000 at 02:11:35:

In Reply to: So you believe in evelution? posted by I§aac on May 26, 2000 at 20:16:33:

"the sun is shrinking at 5 feet per hr."
No it isn't - check with NASA please

First of all, you can't just say the sun is shrinking. It isn't a solid mass.
It is gaseous body.

It *is* experiencing mass loss due to solar wind...hold onto your hat...at a rate of 10^-14 (that's ten to the negative 14th power...) and over 6 billion years it will lose 0.00002 of its own mass...hmmm...

Lets see...overall as a gaseous body the sun is actually gaining luminosity...as the core collapses and fuses hydrogen to helium, it experiences an increase in luminosity

So we won't die in darkness - we're gonna fry.

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• Re: Shrinking sun Marissa 05/27/00 (6)
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          • Since I'm not 21, I will be the desinated driver! I§aac 05/27/00 (1)
            • Good idea Issac...glad you have a sense of humor! n/p Heather 05/28/00 (0)

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: "the sun is shrinking at 5 feet per hr." : No it isn't - check with NASA please : First of all, you can't just say the sun is shrinking. It isn't a solid mass. : It is gaseous body. : It *is* experiencing mass loss due to solar wind...hold onto your hat...at a rate of 10^-14 (that's ten to the negative 14th power...) and over 6 billion years it will lose 0.00002 of its own mass...hmmm... : Lets see...overall as a gaseous body the sun is actually gaining luminosity...as the core collapses and fuses hydrogen to helium, it experiences an increase in luminosity : So we won't die in darkness - we're gonna fry.

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