Millions of years ago!?

[winc]

no millions of years ago = in an expanding/stretched out universe and shrinking sun millions of years ago the sun would have been larger, hotter and nearer the earth = scalding steam and dust and ashes = no life or evolution - winc

 

[pom2014]

The sun is a young yellow star. When it ages it will get bigger it doesn't work the other way around with our star.

 

[Born_Again]

Pom,

I was going to say the same thing. It gets bigger just before it dies... Then, yes, it would scorch the earth.... hmmmm I remember reading about that happening somewhere.....

 

[winc]

Pom,

I was going to say the same thing. It gets bigger just before it dies... Then, yes, it would scorch the earth.... hmmmm I remember reading about that happening somewhere.....

Pom,

I was going to say the same thing. It gets bigger just before it dies... Then, yes, it would scorch the earth.... hmmmm I remember reading about that happening somewhere.....



some say it is shrinking and further away - winc

The sun is a young yellow star. When it ages it will get bigger it doesn't work the other way around with our star.



some say it is shrinking and further away - winc

 

[pom2014]

What astronomers say that?

If they do then rescind their degrees because that's bollocks.

 

[winc]

I am reliably informed that since 1836 the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory have made over 100 direct visual measurements that suggest the sun's diameter is shrinking fro 3 to 5 feet per hour - winc

 

[River Jordan]

Ah, young-earth creationism....still stuck in the early 1800's.

 

[pom2014]

I am reliably informed that since 1836 the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory have made over 100 direct visual measurements that suggest the sun's diameter is shrinking fro 3 to 5 feet per hour - winc

Let's have a little test of your own knowledge of the sun.

When the sun goes out of sight does it mean its gone past the horizon? Yes or no?

 

[JimParker]

I am reliably informed that since 1836 the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory have made over 100 direct visual measurements that suggest the sun's diameter is shrinking fro 3 to 5 feet per hour - winc

In 1987, several astronomers from Paris Observatory made an announcement regarding the size of the Sun that astonished their colleagues (Kippenhahn, R., 1994, pg. 163). They claimed that solar eclipse data from 1666 to 1719 showed that the Sun was 2000 kilometers larger than it is today. This amounts to a 0.3 percent reduction; and the time period, which roughly corresponds to the Maunder Minimum, seemed to be more than coincidental. However, this data was found to contain an error regarding the 1715 solar eclipse path of totality. Consequently, the Sun was the same size in 1716 as it is today, and astronomers were reassured.

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/FAQ/Qshrink.html