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there is no heated atmosphere in space so I wouldn't feel warm air against my skin as I do here. Would I be cool until I was ripped atom from atom by the storm of particles and radiation from the sun?

2006-10-02 08:58:32 · 12 answers · asked by Douglas D 1 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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More importantly, would you look hot? Fashion is everything these days.

2006-10-02 09:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Essentially, if you get close enough to the sun, you will feel hot.
As your ship approaches the sun, the outer surface of the ship is bathed in heat radiated from the sun. (As someone pointed out, radiation is the first form of heat transfer)
The skin of your ship is designed to do two things, reflect (another form of radiated heat) heat back into space and also to conduct (the second form of heat transfer) heat from the warm side of the ship to the colder sides (the side away from the sun acts as a heat sink).
But as you get even closer to the sun, the amount of heat that is radiated from the sun is so intense that your ship can no longer efficiently reflect the heat back into space. The conduction of heat to the colder areas becomes saturated and the colder areas of the ship start to get hot.
At this point the hull of your ship is now conducting heat to the inside of the ship as well. There, the heat of the hull of the ship starts to heat the air inside the ship (again by radiating heat into the air). And the air inside the ship starts to transfer the heat to you by way of convection (the third form of heat transfer).
So to answer your question. Yes, you will feel hot as you approach the sun.

2006-10-02 13:42:39 · answer #2 · answered by sparc77 7 · 0 0

Yes, you would feel heat just like you do standing out in direct sunlight on Earth or sitting in a closed car parked in direct sunlight. It is the direct radiant heat of the Sun and not the atmosphere of the Earth that makes you feel hotter in the Sun than you do in the shade, and that radiant heat works in space too, otherwise it would't work on Earth, which is after all nothing but a big space ship 93 million miles from the Sun.

2006-10-02 09:12:14 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0 0

There are three types of heat transfer. Convection, like feeling the warm air around you. Conduction, like heat moving in a metal spoon in a hot pot of water. And radiation, Like standing near a fire on a cold day and only the part of you that faces the fireplace gets warm.

So near the sun. No convection, no conduction, but lots of radiation.

2006-10-02 09:04:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

no, you would not feel direct heat from outer space, and you could not survive in open space close to the sun - you would be ripped apart by the rays and ions that the sun chucks out; sop probably best to get a space ship; within the ship you would not feel warmth from outside - in space; this is due to space being a perfect vacuum (minus the palnets, stars etc) and convection being unable to occour, as it does on earth. instead you would feel an increased amount of radiation within your space ship - whcih would result in your enviroment getting warmer. to combat this - which you really would need to ensure the space ship is wrapped in something shiny - Alluminium foil would do.

Hope this helps

2006-10-02 09:00:58 · answer #5 · answered by prof. Jack 3 · 0 0

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2016-12-26 07:41:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

I think you would. As you get closer to the sun, the magnitude of the radiation will goes up and this heating up your spaceships. And it in turns warms up everything including you.

2006-10-02 09:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by Just_curious 4 · 0 0

,As the sun hit your spaceship, it would heat up. Spaceships are made to reflect that heat, but as you got closer, I would imagine it would heat up. So the lack of air around you wouldn't cause to to heat up, true, but the sun directly hitting the ship would.

2006-10-02 09:06:17 · answer #8 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0 0

you would need some super-good shields.

2006-10-02 09:07:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

try not to...
it doesn't sound like a good idea

2006-10-02 09:07:35 · answer #10 · answered by ^^orion^^ 1 · 0 0

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