P1 3 Steam powered Sun

Authors

  • Alex Stainer University of Leicester
  • Jakub Szczesniewski
  • Lili-Mair Humphrey
  • John Jennings

Abstract

In this paper, we calculate the total amount of time that the oceans on Earth could fuel the Sun’s luminosity via the P-P chain I fusion. Assuming that the Sun gets all its energy from the oceans, we found that each hydrogen atom produced 6.549 MeV and the hydrogen from the oceans could fuel the Sun for approximately an additional 7.7 years.

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Published

03-11-2024

How to Cite

Stainer, A., Szczesniewski, J., Humphrey, L.-M., & Jennings, J. (2024). P1 3 Steam powered Sun. Physics Special Topics, 23(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/4797

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2024): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles