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I've noticed that people make the 'surface of the sun' temperature comparison a lot (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

isn't the surface of the sun hotter than the core or am I misremembering ?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're probably thinking of the corona being hotter then the surface. It's odd because the corona is farther away from the center, and I think it is still unexplained as of today

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

ah yeah thats what I was thinking about sorry

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The sun’s core can reach 27 million degrees F (15 million C), and the surface temperature can reach only about 10,000 degrees F (5500 degrees C), but as Hexagon replied, the sun’s corona, which is above the surface, can also reach several million degrees as well.