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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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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, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
Positively balmy!

(I helped save b3ta! 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.
(I helped save b3ta! 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.
(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 8 Jun 2010, 15:22, Reply)

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