everyday life - Why do sunbeams diverge even though the sun is much ...
Dec 26, 2014 · The Sun is very far away and the beams are pretty much parallel, but they're pointing towards you, and perspective makes them appear to converge towards the vanishing point - which in …
astronomy - How big a coincidence is the Sun and Moon having …
May 3, 2020 · It's consensus that the very similar apparent sizes of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth is a coincidence (as already answered in this site). This provides us with almost exact total solar
How much lux does the Sun emit? - Physics Stack Exchange
I want to know how much lux the sun emits on a bright day - I don't mean when one stares directly at the sun, but rather when one walks casually outside when the sun is shinning brightly. Now the
Nuclear fission in the Sun - Physics Stack Exchange
The Sun's energy comes primarily from fusion of light elements in its core. It is estimated that a very small fraction of mass of the Sun (~$10^{-12}$ times the abundance of hydrogen) is uranium (b...
Why do we say that the Earth moves around the Sun?
3 The sun, moon, earth (and so on) all move around each other. The reason we say the earth moves around the sun is because the effects are more visible on a macro scale, and easier to predict with …
sun - Why is sunlight spectrum continuous? - Physics Stack Exchange
The sun's spectrum is very complex, and indeed there are a lot of "lines"—both light and dark (emission and absorption)—amidst a sea of what looks to be continuous frequencies. Note that the atoms you …
How long until the sun cannot sustain human life on earth?
The sun will last, at its current brightness for 9 billion more years. How long until the sun gets burned down to the point where it cannot sustain life on Earth anymore? Updated: I am more concer...
Why does the Sun always rise in the East? - Physics Stack Exchange
Nov 26, 2014 · The Sun does not rise, it is the horizon that goes down. You say that Sun rises in the East (with a certain degree of oscillations due to the tilt of the axis) just because the Earth spins from …
What would happen if Jupiter collided with the Sun?
Apr 27, 2018 · This question is inspired by a similar one asked on Quora. Let's say a wizard magicked Jupiter into the Sun, with or without high velocity. What happens? The Quora question has two …
How is distance between sun and earth calculated?
Feb 15, 2011 · Do you want to know both how the Earth-sun distance is measured and how the speed of light is measured? Those are completely different things. As I asked before, separate threads, please.