2006-11-27 01:49:39 · 14 answers · asked by Mike H 1 in Environment
Do not forget to include a hot, molten core and our current atmosphere in this calculation. We are not talking about having no sun, just not receiving the solar energy from it.l
2006-11-27 03:46:20 · update #1
absolute 0. for you it will be -273Celcius, or 0Kelvin degrees.
2006-11-27 01:54:53 · answer #1 · answered by Pinky 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a great question. All the previous answers are wrong. I don't have the answer either. But it is known that the earth's interior is heated primarily by radioactive decay, and secondarily from the friction from tidal forces from the sun's gravitational field (as the earth spins, it distorts or bulges slightly in the direction of the sun). These sources of heat would remain if we could turn off the solar heating. The earth's crust is not a great conductor for heat, which is why the earth's interior is so hot, but some of the heat will escape to keep the surface of the earth significantly warmer than absolute zero.
How much warmer, I have no idea. It will be darn cold, of course, and nearly all life would perish. Perhaps the atmosphere would condense to liquid (liquid nitrogen and oxygen). The oceans would certainly freeze over, though one suspects that the lower parts of the ocean would stay liquid, warmed by the earth's interior.
I suppose those giant tube-worms that are found near deep-sea volcanic heat vents would still be happy.
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2006-12-01 11:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Without solar energy the core would soon cool. In fact scientists already believe it is cooling faster than was thought and could cause problems a lot sooner than people think.
2006-12-05 07:45:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
earth would have similar temperature with the farthest planet in out solar system - pluto.
because without the sun solar energy, temperature in our solar system would be the same as our universe
2006-11-27 10:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by HBKidBen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erm, the earth wouldn't exist, it needed the sun to actually form in the first place.
2006-11-27 09:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be at the temperature of space (blinking cold) cos the sun would have gone out.
2006-11-27 10:28:16 · answer #6 · answered by F'Lar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. the plants will not exist
2. no oxygen would be there.
3. no oxygen means no life.
4. if there would be life it would die very fast as it temperature would be nearly -200 degree.
2006-11-27 09:59:28 · answer #7 · answered by rocker!!!is!!!back!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0 degree C. There wont be any life on earth..
2006-11-27 10:18:50 · answer #8 · answered by Failure 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About as cold as Scotland is.
2006-11-27 09:58:20 · answer #9 · answered by Stookie2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Close to absolute zero.
2006-11-27 09:52:57 · answer #10 · answered by Robert W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋