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SUMMARY:Why Doesn’t Our Sun Just Explode? Or\, Why has It Lasted So Long?
DESCRIPTION:The Speaker at June’s Monthly LCAS meeting will be Mark Christensen\, PHD. The space race inspired him to earn degrees in both mathematics and physics while an undergraduate at Wayne State University. He earned is Masters in Physics at Purdue and his PhD in probability at Wayne State University He joined Northrop Corporation’s Defense System Division in Rolling Meadows\, Illinois. He retired from Northrop Grumman’s Rolling Meadows plant in 1999 as Vice President of Engineering.  Throughout his professional career Mark remained active as an amateur astronomer \nWe all have heard that our Sun produces energy by the fusion of hydrogen and other nuclei. And we have known for nearly two centuries that how much energy it produces every second\, and we know from our experiments\, theories\, and tests that fusion reactions can produce large amounts of energy. And we know this has been going on for billions of years. But when we examine the facts carefully we realize that the sun really doesn’t produce that much energy considering its considerable mass. In this talk we’ll explore why this is so and will look into the details of the fusion reactions going on in our star\, including on-going research in this area – we still don’t know the whole story.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/why-doesnt-our-sun-just-explode-or-why-has-it-lasted-so-long/
LOCATION:Volo Bog\, 28478 W.Brandenburg Road\, Ingleside\, IL\, United States
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