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Old 20-10-2009, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by SkyViking View Post
The correct calculation must be based on the actual energy production in the core rather than only on the flux we can measure outside. The calculation I did earlier based on the Wikipedia numbers then seem methodologically correct, although I'm not sure if the actual numbers involved were OK.
Yep...
Wiki's numbers (except this 234mW/m3) are not right, probably a typo somewhere...

I am sure people who are into Sun theory have done a proper job (taking into account what we know about Sun and star's interiors).
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