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5 Sep 2024 03:22:07 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Trivial trigonometry  
From: Darren New
Date: 24 Nov 2009 17:02:30
Message: <4b0c57f6$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> As I say, it's all about square inches.  The *middle* of the sun is 
> 15,000,000K. The surface is 15,000K. Big difference.

Sorry. Should have been 5K, not 15,000K.  Indeed, ignore that whole sentence.

Anyway, Sun's surface temperature: 9800F.

Industrial tools: 25,000F.

http://www.x20.org/industrial/plaz50.htm

For $1300 you can have something >2x the heat of the sun in your hand.


-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   You know the kamikaze monsters in Serious Sam
     with the bombs for hands, that go AAAAAHHHHHHHH!
   I want that for a ring tone.


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