• MinekPo1 [She/Her]
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    9 months ago

    isn’t the surface of the sun hotter than the core or am I misremembering ?

    • Hexagon@feddit.it
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      9 months ago

      You’re probably thinking of the corona being hotter then the surface. It’s odd because the corona is farther away from the center, and I think it is still unexplained as of today

    • don@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      The sun’s core can reach 27 million degrees F (15 million C), and the surface temperature can reach only about 10,000 degrees F (5500 degrees C), but as Hexagon replied, the sun’s corona, which is above the surface, can also reach several million degrees as well.