Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
2000
DOI
10.1119/1.1341934
Publication Title
The Physics Teacher
Volume
38
Issue
9
Pages
518-518
Abstract
[First paragraph] Gilbert Ward [Phys.Teach 38, 333 (Sept. 2000)] states, "You emit more than 7000 times as much heat per unit mass as the Sun does." This difference was pointed out to me much more graphically by Brian Quinn many years ago as, "If the sun were made out of gerbils, the Earth would be incinerated."
Rights
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Weinstein, L. (2000). A solar comparison. The Physics Teacher, 38(9), 518-518.
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Original Publication Citation
Weinstein, L. (2000). A solar comparison. The Physics Teacher, 38(9), 518-518. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1341934
ORCID
0000-0001-5416-2900 (Weinstein)
Repository Citation
Weinstein, Larry, "A Solar Comparison" (2000). Physics Faculty Publications. 1028.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/1028