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Space/Science » in reply to re: Sun's core is where the action is

re: Though I suppose that is what you meant.

No.

As so often, what he said is what he MEANT, and what YOU read and thought you understood was a bunch of cotton wool dipped in yoghurt.

He said "The Sun's output is so many JOULES PER SECOND" - that's WATTS. Do you want it in BTU/Hr? or Calories per month?

It doesn't matter where you measure it, how far away you are, or what hat you are wearing. That's how much energy it is producing. From that, you can calculate everything else you need to know. (the diameter of the Sun {hint, this one is comple}, the energy PER SQUARE METRE that the Earth receives {This one is easy}, the lifetime of the Sun {Difficult}, the colour of sunlight {difficult}.

Go and learn some maths, physics, and reading comprehension, then come back here...

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