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Temperature of the Sun

Author:      malloc
What is the temperature of the Sun?  

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Author:      hawley
5770 Kelvin is the surface temperature.  The solar atmosphere gets much
hotter, up to tens of millions of kelvins.  The interior temperature is also
much hotter:  that is where nuclear fusion takes place.

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