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Old September 24th 03, 07:32 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default If the sun went out?

In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 23 Sep 2003 at 19:20:19, Alex Stephens Jnr
wrote :
The effects on the planet beneath the surface would be equally dramatic no
doubt.
Forget about electricity or weather, they would disappear.
Gradually the earth would cool down to the temperature of empty space (3°K?
/ -270°C).


It would take a long time - the earth's core is pretty hot.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham, England