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How long does light take from the centre of the Sun to its surface?
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01-April-2008, 06:46 AM
Ken G
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This paper (
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992ApJ...401..759M
) says that the diffusion time is 170,000 years. I don't know how they get that, but it gibes with estimates I've heard.
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