Timeline for Why isn't the Earth's core temperature the average of its surface temperatures?
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| May 28, 2013 at 10:05 | comment | added | daniel | @Kaz: Good point. I would tend to include anything within a few miles of the surface as being on it. After all, Mt. Everest is 39,000 feet above sea level, and the earth's diameter is about 7900 miles. It's an approximation. | |
| May 28, 2013 at 6:34 | comment | added | Kaz | @daniel But those spots are not on the planet's surface; surely they are elevated on some lab benchtop. | |
| May 28, 2013 at 5:07 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhysics/status/339246558048550912 | ||
| May 28, 2013 at 2:24 | comment | added | daniel | Yes, if we count the almost negligible artificial places in labs where these temperatures have been generated. If I left these out I felt someone would surely object. | |
| May 28, 2013 at 2:22 | comment | added | a06e | The question says: "the core is hotter than all but a few spots on the surface." Are there spots on the surface of the Earth that are as hot as the core? | |
| May 28, 2013 at 2:21 | vote | accept | daniel | ||
| May 28, 2013 at 2:18 | answer | added | Brandon Enright | timeline score: 9 | |
| May 28, 2013 at 2:16 | answer | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 28, 2013 at 2:10 | history | edited | Brandon Enright | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 28, 2013 at 2:05 | history | asked | daniel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |