Re: Why the sun is hot

brian@xxxxxxx (Brian Tung) wrote:

T.T. wrote:
Why the Sun is hot.

The distance from the Earth to the Sun is about 94 million miles.

The Sun circles the Earth once every 24 hours in a roughly circular orbit.
(these are old figures, but once had the authority of the Church to support
them)

The length of this circular orbit is roughly 587 million miles.

Therefore the speed of the Sun as it circles the Earth is roughly 24 million
miles per hour.

Anything travelling at this speed, as the Sun has done for the last 6000
years, must get hot.

Q.E.D.

But the Sun's distance is closer to 93 million miles. Therefore your
argument falls apart, the Sun is in fact cold, and we don't exist.

Q.E.D. (Quod Erat Delendum)

C'mon gentlemen - how about a bit of good old maths here - the
difference is 24.347342 million miles per hour versus 24.609141
million miles per hour.

A mere 0.261799 million miles per hour cannot account for the
extreme difference in temperatures postulated by Mr Tung. Nonetheless
the coefficient of friction of the medium the sun is racing through
would be good to have - as would the roughness of the surface of the
sun. Why dismiss a fine theory on a trivial point like a slight
discrepancy in mean oribital distance?

Excuse me - one of the druids is calling for me to participate in a
sacrificial ceremony......

Eugene L Griessel

Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.
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