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Deuterium Deuterium Neutron
Helium 3 Energy
The three
different fusion
reactions shown
Deuterium Deuterium Proton
Tritium Energy in the diagram
result in the
release of
Deuterium Tritium Neutron energy and
Helium 4 Energy
particles.
The sun loses 4 million tons of matter
per second, 240 million tons per minute. If
we assume that the sun has been produ-
Proton
cing energy at this rate for 3 billion
years, the mass it has lost during
this period would be 400,000 million ti-
mes million tons, which is equal to one 5,000th of
the current total mass of the sun. This amount is
like one gram of sand being lost out of a 5
kilogram rock in 3 billion years. As this
makes clear, the mass of the sun is so
enormous that a very long time has to
pass before it is finished.
Man has only discovered the composition of the sun and the
events taking place inside it this century. Earlier, no one ever knew
about phenomena such as nuclear explosions, fission or fusion.
Nobody knew how the sun produced energy. Yet, while man was
unaware of all these, the sun always continued to be the energy
source of the earth and life, for millions of years with this incre-
dible mechanism.
Now, the really curious thing is that our earth has been placed at such
an exact distance from the sun – a source of energy possessing an enormous
mass – that it is neither exposed to its scorching, destructive power, nor dep-
rived of the useful energy it provides. In the same way, the sun, which pos-
sesses such enormous power and energy, is created at the distance, with the
power and the size which are perfect for all life on earth, and foremost, man.
This gigantic mass and the incredible nuclear reactions occurring in it

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