A1_9 The solar contract?

Authors

  • Peter Dodd
  • Fraser Kettle
  • Alex Webb
  • Martyn Bayliss
  • Tomas Sukaitis

Abstract

This report examines the claim by the 'Institute for Creation Research' that the Sun is contracting by about 5 ft per hour. It is determined that the gravitational potential energy released from the Sun contracting from its currently established radius to a radius 2.5 ft smaller would be larger than the Sun's current luminosity. It has also been shown that this would result in Earth being hotter than the current surface temperature of Venus and the Sun's peak of radiation would be in the ultra violet range rather than the visible.

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Published

15-12-2011

How to Cite

Dodd, P., Kettle, F., Webb, A., Bayliss, M., & Sukaitis, T. (2011). A1_9 The solar contract?. Physics Special Topics, 10(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2057