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Is the sun losing its mass 2024?

Daniel Clark | 2023-04-19 10:09:30 | page views:1977
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Harper Adams

Studied at University of Toronto, Lives in Toronto, Canada
The Sun is losing about 6 x 1012 grams per second, and has a mass of 2 x 1033 grams. So the fraction of its mass it loses every year is about 10-13. The Earth's orbit is 150 million kilometers, and if you multiply that by 10-13 you get about 1.5 centimeters.
2023-04-28 10:09:30

Ethan Anderson

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The Sun is losing about 6 x 1012 grams per second, and has a mass of 2 x 1033 grams. So the fraction of its mass it loses every year is about 10-13. The Earth's orbit is 150 million kilometers, and if you multiply that by 10-13 you get about 1.5 centimeters.
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