>the Sun's photosphere has a temperature of about 6000° There was a paper that proposed that Earth's surface was about this hot for a while after the collision

>the Sun's photosphere has a temperature of about 6000° There was a paper that proposed that Earth's surface was about this hot for a while after the collision that formed the Moon. Even though the heat wasn't coming from nuclear fusion, for a while it was just as hot as a star, so the Moon, which was smaller and cooled faster overall, was remelted in places by "Earthshine" - therefore the discrepancy between the maria on the near side and the far side.