No 10BILLION degrees Centigrade is ridiculously hot.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:00, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Not for the centre of a star

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:06, Reply)

The center of the sun is only 15 million Kelvin
that's miles off 10 billion.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:07, Reply)

And the corona is a couple of million Kelvin
While the chromosphere beneath it is only about 6000K!

MADNESS, THAT.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:09, Reply)

Positively balmy!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:10, Reply)

You don't have to be mad to measure the temperature of a star.
BUT IT HELPS
(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:11, Reply)

Not madness, the corona is not very dense, so though hot, there is not loads of energy
The chromosphere is much denser in comparison, so has loads of energy, all at a lower temperature.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:14, Reply)

MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONLOLS!!!!!!111eleventy-one!!!!

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:16, Reply)

I forgot about the flares.
They are fecking hot.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:22, Reply)

Someone froze me down to absolute zero
but I was 0K

apologies if this is incorrect
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:23, Reply)

No, that is correct
I just can't believe I haven't heard that one before. *spang*
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:25, Reply)

I remember reading it in one of my science books when younger
Involving the games teacher telling everyone to stop complaining, it was 30 degrees outside. It then explained that 30 degrees C would be a nice hot summer day, and 30 degrees Kelvin would involve the air lying on the ground in frozen chunks.
I thiiiink
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:28, Reply)

And everybody rapidly asphyxiating due to the lack of oxygen, whilst the onset of cold froze all the fluids in their cells causing their tissues to rupture
What an upbeat way to teach science to kids.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:31, Reply)

Worse than
this?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:32, Reply)

That is an awesome photo.
What's that cupped in your hand? Such a promising start as a biologist. (Mind you, I was determined to be a palaeontologist at that age and look where I ended up!)
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:35, Reply)

A dissected heart
Liver and lungs are on the table.

My father was convinced I was going to be a scientist :( I only went to school half days in LA, so spent the other half reading and doing science experiments. Then it all went wrong when I realised I was fairly good at Latin.

I think I'm between 7 and 9 in that photo, I can't remember.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:38, Reply)

My father is still convinced I'm going to be a scientist.
See, if you'd stuck with the biology, you'd have had to learn a bit of Greek and Latin for that. Probably not enough to satisfy your curiosity, mind - and certainly nothing on the same level as the Catullus.

(Haven't cooked heart or liver for ages now...getting hungry thinking about it.)
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:46, Reply)

I've had scientific and mathematical conversations with my dad before
We'll sit down and discuss stuff. He taught me about imaginary numbers when I was 13, and integration when I was around 15.
I just enjoy the problem-solving feeling of translation. You have the component parts before you, you have to identify them all and their function. there are sometimes ambiguities, which makes it fun. Sometimes there are things misisng, and sometimes it's just really hard. But it's fun.

Carnivore ^_^
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:50, Reply)

That's correct,
doesn't make it right.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:26, Reply)

Oh lighten up you.
How was Bon Jovi?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:26, Reply)