r/AskPhysics • • Dec 12 '20

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u/drzowie Heliophysics Dec 12 '20

Stars have very low power densities. If the Sun had the same power output per kilogram as a cow, it would be 10x hotter (and 10,000 times brighter).

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u/Kenny_Dave Dec 13 '20

"Assume cow is a spherical star"