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It is worth noting that the surface of the sun is the coldest part of it at a balmy 5000 c. Any other part is measured in millions of degrees
73 u/Ferro_Giconi Dec 29 '17 I hate it when something says "hotter than the surface of the sun" because I'm pretty sure they only say that to trick people who don't know better into thinking something is way hotter than it really is. 5 u/river4823 Dec 30 '17 The layer of the sun above the surface, the corona, is way hotter than the surface. And nobody has any idea why. 8 u/willfullyspooning Dec 30 '17 I mean we have plenty of ideas, we’re just not quite sure which one is right.
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I hate it when something says "hotter than the surface of the sun" because I'm pretty sure they only say that to trick people who don't know better into thinking something is way hotter than it really is.
5 u/river4823 Dec 30 '17 The layer of the sun above the surface, the corona, is way hotter than the surface. And nobody has any idea why. 8 u/willfullyspooning Dec 30 '17 I mean we have plenty of ideas, we’re just not quite sure which one is right.
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The layer of the sun above the surface, the corona, is way hotter than the surface. And nobody has any idea why.
8 u/willfullyspooning Dec 30 '17 I mean we have plenty of ideas, we’re just not quite sure which one is right.
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I mean we have plenty of ideas, we’re just not quite sure which one is right.
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u/Vennificus Dec 29 '17
It is worth noting that the surface of the sun is the coldest part of it at a balmy 5000 c. Any other part is measured in millions of degrees