How fast are protons and electrons moving inside a star?

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PhDnotForMe

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Sep 29, 2019

How fast are protons and electrons moving within a star?

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Drakkith

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Sep 29, 2019

They have a very wide range of velocities, with different velocity profiles for different regions of the star, since the star has regions of varying temperatures. Unfortunately I can't give you a number to go off of.

olgerm

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Oct 2, 2019

Speed of molecules in ideal gas is described by Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution. It should be good approximation to speeds of molecules in stars.

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