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It's a confusing metric because stellar fusion is actually extremely slow. The power density of the sun's core is about 0.3 watts/liter, which wikipedia compare
by uvdiv 15y ago
It's a confusing metric because stellar fusion is actually extremely slow. The power density of the sun's core is about 0.3 watts/liter, which wikipedia compares to the metabolic heat density of reptiles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core
- mikeash 15y agoMuch more interesting is the fact that, during the few dozen nanoseconds the bomb spent exploding, it produced over 1% of the power output of the entire Sun.