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In response to "LIR: Jax. Voyagers are still cruising along. Space is big :) -- nm" by oblique

What was the 54000°F number I saw? Seemed unlikely. Maybe I read it wrong. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Nov 5 '19, 07:12

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Ah, this makes more sense: 54 Kelvin. Some publication seems to have mistaken "54K" for "54,000 degrees", which is 5 times hotter than the sun. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 07:41 2
- Nope. Looks like the 54,000 degrees is right, but has more to do with particle velocity and magnetism than what we normally think of as heat. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 07:53 1
  - (Like, if you stick your hand out, you might get a radiation burn, but not before freezing it off) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 08:12

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