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Old 19-10-2009, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bojan View Post
More perspective:
This huge power averages to ~50W per cubic metre (for the whole Sun), and about 200W per cubic metre for Sun's core.. not very efficient indeed !!
Haven't done the calculation, but I'd expect a cubic metre of the Sun's core, which is at 15 million degrees, to emit more than 200W?
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