2006-07-12 06:32:53 · 24 answers · asked by ieckocrazy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
"A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures approaching 28,000 Kelvin (50,000 degrees Fahrenheit) in a split second. This is about five times hotter than the surface of the sun."
However, the core temperature of the sun sustains a temperature around 15,000,000 K. (26,999,540.3 degrees Fahrenheit)
This accounts for all vagueness presented in the question.
2006-07-12 06:36:30 · answer #1 · answered by stillborndesires01 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning is 3-5 times hotter than the sun
2006-07-12 13:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by CuBe_RooT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
2006-07-13 03:03:49 · answer #3 · answered by amish_renegade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun but that only last for a few secounds soo in theory during the short life span of a lightning bolt it is hotter than the "surface of ther sun" but beleive it or not the sun can get hotter when it has solar flares soo the question cancles itself out...the sun is hotter than lightning @times, and lighting is hotter than the sun @times also...
2006-07-12 14:05:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just saw a documentary on Discovery and they said that lightning is 4 times hotter than the sun! Hard to believe
2006-07-12 13:37:24 · answer #5 · answered by bad_bob_69 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun. The flash of light you see is actually plasma.
2006-07-12 14:27:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which part of the sun you mean. Temperature varies from about 6000 Kelvin at the surface (coronas are a LOT hotter) to an estimated 100 Million K degrees at the center.
A lightning bolt, turning the atmosphere it cuts through into a plasma, should reach temperatures of about 10,000 Kelvin.
The Kelvin scale is based on Celsius, but starts at absolute Zero rather than at the freezing point of water (0C = 273.16K = 32F). 1C = 1.8F
2006-07-12 13:45:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lighting can be 28,000 Kelvin. The surface temperature of the sun in 5780 kelvin. Lighting can be up to five time hotter than the sun.
2006-07-12 13:37:53 · answer #8 · answered by Ian978 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot agree with the people that say lightning is hotter than the sun...people have been struck by lightning and lived...try to get close to sun...sorry...you're dead
2006-07-12 14:00:01 · answer #9 · answered by Arthur Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From an absolute standpoint, the Sun. Of course the actual heat you feel depends on your distance from the source. An incandescent bulb placed right next to your skin will probably feel than the sun which is 93 million miles away.
2006-07-12 13:37:01 · answer #10 · answered by DR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋