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13 gru 2023 · From the fiery depths of its core to the outermost reaches of its corona, here are the temperatures, from millions of degrees in Kelvin to the more comprehensible Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. The hottest part of the Sun is the core: 15 million K; ~15 million ° C; 27 million ° F.
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light and infrared radiation with 10% at ultraviolet energies.
7 paź 2019 · The temperature in the core is around 15 million degrees Celsius. This, combined with the huge pressure and density of the plasma force hydrogen nuclei to fuse together, creating helium and releasing vast quantities of energy in the process.
Form of Thermal Conduction: In 1-dimension (along a loop), this is: (From K. Lang: The Sun from Space, 2000) At around T ~105 K: Strong radiation in this temperature range means a steep temperature gradient is needed for energy balance. This leads to a “thin” transition region.
The temperature in the Sun's core is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius) – hot enough to sustain nuclear fusion. This creates outward pressure that supports the star's gigantic mass, keeping it from collapsing.
Model values at center of Sun: Central pressure: 2.477 x 10 11 bar (2.477 x 10 17 g/cm s 2 ) Central temperature: 1.571 x 10 7 K Central density: 1.622 x 10 5 kg/m 3 (1.622 x 10 2 g/cm 3 )