In London we hardly ever see it and now we do everyone complains about the heat
2006-07-21 04:52:08 · 19 answers · asked by bwadsp 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Heh, the sun.
I remember having to go somewhere rather early one morning after a night of imbibing. When I answered the door for my buddy [I think I had volunteered to help him move or something], I cringed and I kept reaching out grasping air and pulling down. When he asked what I was doing, I replied I was looking for the string to turn that giant fusion lightbulb off so it wouldn't be so painful for my hangover. My front door faces east.
2006-07-21 05:13:26 · answer #1 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is a G2 Main Sequence star of Apparent Magnitude -27, which if it were situated at 10 parsecs away would be of magnitude 4.7 (that is what its Absolute Magnitude is) i.e. on the edges of visibility to the naked eye in cities.
It consists of 75% Hydrogen and 25% Helium. It is about 4.6 billion years old.
Some time after its 9-billionth birthday, it will run out of hydrogen to fuse, start fusing helium to make carbon, and grow in size and become a red giant, engulfing the inner planets before it loses its solar envelope, which will form a planetary nebula, leaving a solar core that is no bigger than the earth, and then dwindle into a White Dwarf, a spent force.
2006-07-22 02:06:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is Sol. When you look at the sun, you are looking back in time. The light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach the earth.
2006-07-21 06:33:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A STAR.
There are millions of them, not just one, but we don't get much heat from them, they are too far away.
The sun is just an average or below sized star. It hasn't got any hotter, this is just the ice age ending. We are going back to normal.
Stop moaning and to what our ancestors did. ADAPT.
2006-07-21 06:08:58 · answer #4 · answered by hi_patia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sol is not usually visible from London. And London was built to conserve heat, not get rid of it.
2006-07-21 10:27:44 · answer #5 · answered by Delora Gloria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ruins of Sellafield Nuclear Plant...
2006-07-21 04:56:27 · answer #6 · answered by thomas p 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, emgee got it quickly. I visited London, it must be the sun. It heats the place up, but you can't see it through the clouds. And thanks to the ozone holes, we can enjoy the radiations...
2006-07-21 04:57:48 · answer #7 · answered by Eik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That my dear boy is not a reactor but a reaction,the reaction of the many years of drug abuse
2006-07-21 06:45:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trick question?....The Sun
2006-07-21 04:58:52 · answer #9 · answered by bootandpooh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you mean that UFO?...
I'm a Brit and I've always hated the heat.
heavy downpours, thunder and lightning, cold cold cold, now that is my cup o tea. even our thunderstorms are crap compared to other parts of the world.
2006-07-21 05:00:36 · answer #10 · answered by Weapon X 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋