RE: SPACE: Anti-Nuke Group Demands Sun Be Turned Off

From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Wed Jan 22 2003 - 00:39:33 MST


Damien writes

> Alfio Puglisi says:
>
> > I'm on dictionary.com checking
> > even find 2 different meanings for "drat". Unbelievable.
>
> Dang!
>
> > if you turned off nuclear fusion today, the Sun would keep shining
> > for thousands of years, while high-energy photons slowly crawl outside
>
> Excellent point. In fact, I recall that the mean time to the surface for a
> photon from the core is not just thousands of years, but a *million* years.
> [!!]

Phew! What a relief!

Lee



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