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K. Doc Holiday
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The Stefan-Boltzmann Law
Question: Is this law proven to be true? If so, then what about sunspots?
The surface of the sun is roughly double the temperature of an umbra which means it should be 16 times brighter according to this law. It isn't.
The luminosity of the photosphere is 10,000 times the luminosity (1,000,000%) of a sunspot umbra. That seems like a huge discrepancy. Could something else be at play? Could sunspots be a different element and/or a different state of matter?
I know current theory blames magnetism. In order for that to be the mitigating factor wouldn't sunspots have to generate their own magnetic field? Can hydrogen do that?
Just asking.
Respectfully
Doc Holiday
Question: Is this law proven to be true? If so, then what about sunspots?
The surface of the sun is roughly double the temperature of an umbra which means it should be 16 times brighter according to this law. It isn't.
The luminosity of the photosphere is 10,000 times the luminosity (1,000,000%) of a sunspot umbra. That seems like a huge discrepancy. Could something else be at play? Could sunspots be a different element and/or a different state of matter?
I know current theory blames magnetism. In order for that to be the mitigating factor wouldn't sunspots have to generate their own magnetic field? Can hydrogen do that?
Just asking.
Respectfully
Doc Holiday