Thread: How much mass does the sun lose in its lifetime?
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Old 08-09-2010, 10:11 PM
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See wiki/Sun ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
Section on life cycle.
By the time the Sun becomes a red giant it will have lost 30% of its present mass due to stellar wind.

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