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| Aug21-07, 08:16 PM | #18 |
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How long would we live without the sun
You didn't really specify exactly what stages you're talking about, though. I thought you were simply talking about its gradual expansion.
The Sun will indeed go through a series of pulsations, shedding mass each time. These will occur very late in its life, though, on its way to becoming a so-call planetary nebula. The Earth will be completely gone (absorbed into its outer layers) long before these pulsations even begin to occur. Also, the solid angle of the Earth as seen from the Sun is so small that only a miniscule fraction of any ejected mass is going to actually impact the Earth. I cannot personally say what effect it would or would not have on the Earth if it miraculously still existed then; perhaps a more educated planetary physicist could say. - Warren |
| Aug21-07, 08:26 PM | #19 |
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Sorry, I was talking about the first red giant phase ( when it depletes hydrogen). With very strong solar winds it will lose quater of its mass in the course of a few million years, that in turn will result in lower central gravity in the solar system, and planets in response will move outwards of their original orbits.......
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| Aug22-07, 07:34 AM | #20 |
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| Aug22-07, 01:35 PM | #21 |
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Horrible to read, although facinating :=\
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| Aug23-07, 04:33 PM | #22 |
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http://deneb.astro.warwick.ac.uk/phs...SDSS1228+1040/
A pretty good diagram with explanations of the different stages of such an event... |
| Sep10-07, 02:54 AM | #23 |
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In a couple of billions of years, the oceans will start boiling, and that is when the life on Earth will end, do not worry about the Sun exploding in 4 billion years, life as we know it will end in 2 |
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