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This video is about the definition of a day, and how it applies (or not) on the sun. Solar day, sidereal day, universal coordinated time (UTC) day, etc. Length of a day.
Music by Nathaniel Schroeder, http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder
REFERENCES:
Solar rotation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_r...
Gravitational Time Dilation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravita...
UTC Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...
XKCD What-If about being transported to the sun for an instant: http://what-if.xkcd.com/115/
Reference from what-if about time to 2nd degree burns: http://arcadvisor.com/faq/threshold-i...
Oxygen on the sun: http://astronomy.stackexchange.com/qu...
Combustion in space: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs\_other/rmrs\_2010\_mcallister\_s001.pdf
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How Long Is A Day On The Sun? ─ minutephysics
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