Page 45 - The Glory in the Heavens
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The surface temperature on the Sun is 6,000°C (11,000°F),
while its internal temperature is 12,000,000°C (21,600,000°F).
well as that, being exposed to sunlight for a long time
in summer is dangerous. Severe sun-burns may occur
on our skin, and they only heal up after medical treat-
ment. Especially in summer, the heat radiating from
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the Sun is very high. However, the Sun is millions of
kilometres away from Earth, and only one part in two-
thousand of the heat it radiates reaches Earth.
If the temperature of Earth is so high despite the
distance between Earth and the Sun, can you imagine
how hot the Sun is?
Scientists provide approximate values for this.
However, we cannot have any idea of this temperature
by trying to compare it with the temperature of any-
thing we are familiar with in this world. Consider that
on the surface of the Sun, the temperature is 6,000°C
(11,000°F). Inside, it rises as high as 12,000,000°C
