TEMPERATURE OF THE STARS
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Measurements which have been undertaken prove that the surface temperature of our Sun is between 5,000°C. and 7,000°C. It is thought that many stars are considerably hotter than this. We can form no adequate conception of such intense heat; all matter would be vaporized; yet, under the enormous pressures which must prevail, these vapors would in turn be converted into thick, semi-fluid substances—especially in the interior.