How is possible for lightning to be 5 times hotter than the Sun?
In: Planetary Science
We generate hotter things than the surface of the sun all the time! A welding torch gets way hotter than the surface of the sun, even 10 times hotter.
As stars go, our sun is a pretty cold one. The coldest stars that can achieve fusion are around 3,500 degrees and the hottest are around 25,000, and our sun sits at 5,500. Definitely at the cool end of the spectrum.
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