Re: Moon of cheese, Sun of iron

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Jul 22 2002 - 02:57:34 MDT


> University of Missouri-Rolla 17-Jul-02
>
> Sun Is Made of Iron, Not Hydrogen

This was definitely discussed a year ago or so. The evidence seemed
scant then, and there doesn't seem to be much new evidence around.
Stellar astrophysics is a rather mature area with a fairly solid
standard model with plenty of evidence; he wants to throw out current
models of stellar formation and activity to explain an odd isotope
ratio. It is fun with iconoclasm, but it seldom works out.

Overall, I find it rather amusing that so much discussion takes place
about a *poster* on a meteor (not stellar physics!) conference. The
power of science by press release.

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