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Originally Posted by Michael Mozina
In and of itself? No. Based on heat transfers and energy exchanges with the outside world and universe, sure. That doesn't mean it will shoot my way, or not be blocked or absorbed by something else along the way, nor is there any guarantee I will have the technology to "see" every single photon. How about meeting me part way at least and acknolwedging that we can't yet see every kind of solar emmision (neutrinos) with any sort of precision. We certainly don't know what other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum might affect us that we know little or nothing about. What is that 22 year solar cycle all about?
The bottom line Baloo is that we can't just assume we are going to see each element represented equally. That is the assumption of any method that attempts to link the reception of some kinds of photons with the full composition of a solar body.
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I should qualify my answer since part of it is innaccurate. You used the term "body", while I was thinking in terms of "atom". A "body" might radiate for awhile until it's heat was gone, but without an external exchange of energy, it too would become cold eventually. Now things change if it's big enough to cause fission, but again, it will eventually run out of energy as well.