The Core
- Approximately 160 times as dense as water on Earth.
- Temperature approximately 15 million degrees Celsius.
- Energy produced by nuclear fusion:
- Four protons fuse to form an alpha particle- the helium nucleus.
- Extra mass of alpha particle converted into energy through E = mc^2.
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