2006-07-07 08:39:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I don't think you can "put out the sun." The sun is not like fire. It emits heat because of fission reactions where hydrogen turn into hellium emiting heat and light. So, puring a lot of water in the sun would not do any good!
2006-07-07 08:46:59 · answer #1 · answered by organicchem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun generates energy through nuclear fusion, not by standard chemical oxidation. Thus, water would not "put it out", and in fact a significant mass of water added to the sun would likely simply flash to plasma and then add its mass to that of the sun.
I'm not exactly sure what would happen at that point, though. The original energy could easily separate the hydrogen and oxygen, and it seems that the hydrogen would simply add "fuel" to the fusion process. But what would be the effect of adding a huge mass of oxygen atoms to the solar mass? My guess would be that most of it would be forcefully ejected into the solar system, but some of it would be pulled and concentrated toward the core, where it would slowly circulate until eventual ejection by normal means, just like the accumulated helium isotopes formed through normal fusion. The big question is, how would this affect the solar output? Hmm...
2006-07-07 10:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by stellarfirefly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sun's worth of water. Actually, can you put out the Sun?
2006-07-07 08:43:01 · answer #3 · answered by Crackotage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot put the sun out with water. In fact, you'll make it last longer!
The water molecules will dissociate into oxygen and hydrogen, and the sun is a hyrogen powered fusion reactor.
2006-07-07 10:27:45 · answer #4 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You wouldn't be able to surround the sun with enough water to be able to apply water at a rate fast enough to reduce the temperature of the sun enough to stop the fusion process.
2006-07-07 08:44:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually you would only be adding fuel to the fire. If you added enough water to cool it down to stop nuclear fusion it would collapse down until it became hot again. Soon with the added hydrogen from your water and the added mass to increase its gravity it would be burning hotter than ever.
2006-07-07 08:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by georgephysics13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm,one million Earths could fit into the sun. You do the math.
2006-07-07 08:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are able to not do it. on the temperature of the floor of the solar (5000°C) water dissociates into its factor aspects. regardless of the incontrovertible fact which you have an excellent firework demonstrate from the resultant plasma and stuff.
2016-12-08 16:53:17 · answer #8 · answered by jensvold 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enough to fill a bucket significantly bigger than the sun, how you tilt it over is another story.
2006-07-07 08:42:30 · answer #9 · answered by Bryan K.S. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-07 08:43:10 · answer #10 · answered by thatlavahead 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋