College Physics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 4P
Inside the earth and the sun. (a) Geophysicists have estimated that the temperature at the center of the earth’s core is 5000°C (or more), while the temperature of the sun’s core is about 15 million K. Express both of these temperatures in Fahrenheit degrees.
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