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It's worth calling out that a cubic meter of the sun's fusion reaction generates about the same power as an active compost heap. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su
by jcrites 15y ago
It's worth calling out that a cubic meter of the sun's fusion reaction generates about the same power as an active compost heap. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core - the huge energy output is due to the huge volume
- Eliezer 15y agoThat really surprised me until I looked it up, and read in Wikipedia that "At the center of the Sun, theoretical models estimate it to be approximately 276.5 watts/m3, a power production density that more nearly approximates reptile metabolism than a thermonuclear bomb" and realized a few seconds later that an object with a thermonuclear bomb's power generation density, the size of the Sun, would not look like a thumb-sized blazing ball of fire from 93 million miles away. It would look like a supernova, and explode around as fast.
- hugh3 15y agoThankyou, I have a new favourite fun fact.
- arethuza 15y agoThe Soviet Tsar Bomb had a power output of 5.4 yottawatts - apparently about 1% of solar power output. Of course, this was for a pretty short time, 39 nanoseconds, but it is still rather impressive. http://digg.com/news/story/The_Most_Powerful_Device_Ever_Utilized_1_of_the_Sun_s_Power_Output http://digg.com/news/story/The_Most_Powerful_Device_Ever_Uti...