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Power per cubic centimeter in the sun's core is even lower than that, similar to reptile metabolism. Think of the sun as a giant glowing space lizard.
by idlewords 10y ago
Power per cubic centimeter in the sun's core is even lower than that, similar to reptile metabolism. Think of the sun as a giant glowing space lizard.
- arethuza 10y agoThe one I remembered was that it's about the same energy generating density as a compost heap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_core#Energy_conversion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_core#Energy_conversion
- M_Grey 10y ago...And that lizard is only as warm as it is because of quantum effects (tunneling).
- zeroer 10y agoCould you elaborate?
- Baeocystin 10y agoHe's referring to overcoming the Coulomb Barrier in stars that allows fusion to happen at temperatures/pressures that are otherwise too low to fuse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling#Nuclear_fusion_in_stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunnelling#Nuclear_fus...
- M_Grey 10y agoThanks, that's exactly what I was referring to, I should have been more clear.