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Originally Posted by SkyViking
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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Surprisingly, not. Despite the high temperature, this is how much escapes the Sun from each m3..
ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
Search for "power density". The actual number is 0.272 W/m3
My number comes from different source.. so somewhere there must be a typo.
But, regardless, the power generated in each cubic metre of the Sun's core is surprisingly small, compared what we would expect intuitively... which means we should abandon the "feelings" in those matters
