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How Hot Is The Sun's Core?
Hi All
I seem to be finding conflicting data on the Sun's core temperature. A few years ago the temperature was said to be around the 13.6 M Kelvin which is not quite hot enough for PPII reations, but have recently seen temperatures of 15 M Kelvin which is over the 14 MK theshold for PPII reactions. Is the 15 M Kelvin temperature correct? If so does this mean that the sun has officially started Helium burning?
Cheers
Pete
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