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i think solar physics is a pretty interesting subject but find some of the information/facts here to be a little strange. the comparison of the sun to a active compost heap seems to be a little far-fetched. as well as the comparison to reptile metabolism. these references either need to be substantiated and placed in context or removed. also, as it relates directly to most of the physical processses relevant to the solar core, it might be useful to have some explaination of the gravitional/electro-magnetic forces in context that are at work in producing the core. also, i am not sure that some of these numbers are correct. the numbers referred to in 'photon travel time' of 15k to 5million years can't be right. the numbers provided in this article and others for the chemical composition of the sun also do not seem accurate. (looks like a article that could use some work...) 131.230.224.28 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:36, 1 August 2010 (UTC).

The fact that you think they are far-fetched is exactly the reason they need to be there. Your own metabolism is volumetrically considerably higher than the heat production at the center of the Sun. If you pick the animals that make only 300 watts/cubic meter, you miss all the mammals except perhaps elephants and rhinos. 30 watts/100 kg is about the metabolism of alligators. So what metaphor do you like?

Compost heap: http://www.bautforum.com/archive/index.php/t-97184.html

SBHarris 23:26, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

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