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Originally Posted by Michael Mozina
Actually I'm pretty sure it creates the hydrogen and it doesn't really hang on to it. The helium however is another very interesting issue. That element only seems to form in the presense of a supernova explosion,
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Now I must admit this statement has me baffled. How does the Sun create hydrogen, the simplest element there is? Or are you saying it's created as a byproduct of some other reactions, and does not occur "naturally" in the Sun, that is, primordially? Am I missing another explanation?
And to say that helium
only forms in (or near, you're not clear above) supernovae is very odd as well. We know that simple fusion of hydrogen can create helium (and there are more complicated processes as well), and this occurs at relatively low pressures and temperatures as compared to the inferno of a supernova. Temperatures and pressures that are reasonable in, say, the center of a star.
So why would you make these statements? Is this elaborated upon in your website?
And a third thing: you seem to be saying that the elemental abundances in the Sun should mimic that of comets. This is certainly not a logical step to take, as we know very well that different bodies in the solar system are chemically differentiated. Jupiter is almost entirely H, He, methane, water, and ammonia, for example, while Mercury is for more abundant in heavier elements. Just their densities show this very well. Mercury is more than 4 times as dense as Jupiter. They cannot possibly be made of the same thing. Mind you, these densities have been measured directly via spacecraft.
Comets and the Sun are very different bodies: different sizes, different temperatures, and we're pretty sure they formed in very different regions of the solar nebula. Why would you assume they would have the same elemental composition?
Perhaps I have missed some important steps here, as I have not read everything on your website. If you have links, I'll read them.