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The heat arrives on earth ... and at the surface of your skin ... but it's just so weak when it gets here
that your nerves aren't sensitive enough to be aware of it.
Example with numbers:
The distance from the sun is 93 million miles. The nearest star outside the solar system is
4.4 light years away. Assume that its power output is the same as the sun's power output,
so that any difference in the intensity of their radiation is due only to the difference in their
distances, not in their properties as stars.
The ratio of their distances is (4.4 light years / 93 million miles) = 278,132 .
Intensity of radiation varies inversely with the square of the distance to the source.
The square of the ratio of the distances is 77,357,433,350 . (rounded)
That's how much stronger the sun's heat is on your skin, compared to the heat of the next nearest star.
Inverting this number, we find that the heat of nearest star on your skin is 0.000000000012927
as strong as the heat of the sun.
(about -109 dB)
And that's the nearest star we've been talking about.
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What is hotter planets or stars?
stars, the planets have to get heat from stars
How is the sun the same as other stars?
Because they are all stars and have both heat and light
Explain why you can feel the heat from a grill?
heat raises
What are the two major energies released from stars?
heat and light.
What is the ultimate source of the heat energy that causes the winds you feel?
The Heat Cycle
Why cant you feel heat from the stars?
Simply put, they are much to far away for us to feel their heat.
Why can't people feel the heat from the stars?
Because, they are in a different galaxy!! :LL
Are Stars cold and make light?
Stars make their own light, but they are not cold. Stars are extremely hot. We do not feel their heat because they are incredibly distant.
Why do we not feel the heat of the stars?
Because they are billions and billions and billions of miles away from us.
Why can't we feel the heat from the others stars?
The heat arrives on earth, it is just so weak when it gets here that our bodies can't sense it.
What is the noun in this sentence Stars create light and heat?
Stars, light, heat
Why don't we get heat and light from the other stars than the sun?
We do get light from the other stars; that is why we can see them. We do not feel their heat or see very much light from them because they are millions of times farther away from us than the sun is.
Why don't the stars shine as bright as the sun?
The underlying point is actually incorrect, we feel (quite potently) the heat of the Sun and the Sun is a star like any other. However, as the question is likely talking about stars other than the sun, the heat actually does reach Earth, but because of the distance traveled, is a very minute amount of heat (only a few degrees above absolute freezing). This small amount of heat is eclipsed by the immense amount of heat that the Earth receives from the Sun and from internal radioactive heat generation in the Earth's core. As a result, humans cannot feel it.
What do stars make you feel like?
stars feel very smooth
What is hotter planets or stars?
stars, the planets have to get heat from stars
Are the stars heat?
No. Stars are made primarily of hydrogen and helium. They produce enormous amounts of heat but are not made of heat.
Why you can feel the heat from a grill?
because it has heat and u feel heat
