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I'd assume these elements would be created in the sun and keep close to the sun, because of their higher mass.
by k__ 1y ago
I'd assume these elements would be created in the sun and keep close to the sun, because of their higher mass.
- frutiger 1y agoAll the heavier elements were created in a former star that went supernova. The solar system formed from the gas/dust after that. The heavier elements being formed in our sun now are going to stay there until something can tear it apart.
- pfdietz 1y agoSome will be ejected back into space when the aged Sun becomes a planetary nebula (with a white dwarf at the center).
- bell-cot 1y agoUntil several billion years in the future, our sun will create no element heavier then helium. IIR, our sun's mass is far too low to ever create any element heavier than carbon.