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  1. astronomy - How big a coincidence is the Sun and Moon having …

    May 3, 2020 · It's consensus that the very similar apparent sizes of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth is a coincidence (as already answered in this site). This provides us with …

  2. How much lux does the Sun emit? - Physics Stack Exchange

    I want to know how much lux the sun emits on a bright day - I don't mean when one stares directly at the sun, but rather when one walks casually outside when the sun is shinning brightly. Now the

  3. Nuclear fission in the Sun - Physics Stack Exchange

    The Sun's energy comes primarily from fusion of light elements in its core. It is estimated that a very small fraction of mass of the Sun (~$10^{-12}$ times the abundance of hydrogen) is …

  4. How long until the sun cannot sustain human life on earth?

    The sun will last, at its current brightness for 9 billion more years. How long until the sun gets burned down to the point where it cannot sustain life on Earth anymore? Updated: I am more …

  5. Historically, how do we know that Earth moves around Sun? And it …

    Questions: -- Sun is something we see on daily basis, so it would not be strange if humankind got curious to know about it, and made theories,observations,maths to prove it. How did …

  6. How is distance between sun and earth calculated?

    Feb 15, 2011 · Do you want to know both how the Earth-sun distance is measured and how the speed of light is measured? Those are completely different things. As I asked before, separate …

  7. What is the simplest way to prove that Earth orbits the Sun?

    Apr 17, 2015 · Assume you're talking to someone ignorant of the basic facts of astronomy. How would you prove to them that Earth orbits the Sun? Similarly, how would you prove to them …

  8. What would happen if Jupiter collided with the Sun?

    Apr 27, 2018 · This question is inspired by a similar one asked on Quora. Let's say a wizard magicked Jupiter into the Sun, with or without high velocity. What happens? The Quora …

  9. Why isn't the Sun blue? - Physics Stack Exchange

    The sun radiates like a black body and its spectrum is shown below. The sun does emit blue light but it also emits red and the other colors with almost the same intensity.

  10. thermodynamics - What is the actual energy content of the Sun ...

    The sun is more than a cloud of hot gas that is radiating energy. The sun also has energy stored in hydrogen "fuel" that will be "burned" through nuclear fusion into helium, releasing a lot of …