From: Amara Graps (agraps@netcom.com)
Date: Mon Dec 23 1996 - 12:29:23 MST
>[Warning: I am no physicist, and what I am about to write is based on
>some general reading many years ago.]
>One thing to realize about the sun is that it generates energy based
>on hydrogen fusion, unlike our own fusion bombs which use deuterium
>and tritium. Hydrogen is much harder to make fuse, which is why we
>don't use it.
Related information:
People here may be interested in a post I made to sci.astro about
a year ago regarding modeling the evolution of the Sun.
See:
http://www.amara.com/ftpstuff/fusionzone.txt
Warning.. There are some equations.
Other misc articles are at:
http://www.amara.com/papers/miscpap.html
Happy Holidays everyone. (I'm off for a week.)
Amara
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