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What Would Happen to Earth if the Sun Suddenly Disappeared
As you noted, the overall answer to this question was provided in our previous post, which noted that we…

Time Between Antipodal Positions on the Earth’s Surface
I believe that the definition of antipodal positions is that for a (latitude,longitude) position on the Earth’s surface its…

Temperature Required to Fuse Hydrogen on Earth (Clarification)
I believe that my answer to the question What is the Minimum Temperature Required to Fuse Hydrogen Atoms? referred…

The Difference Between Brightness and Flux Density
You are correct in that brightness (you used the term “intensity”) is independent of distance, but flux density is…

What Would Happen if the Earth Stopped Rotating?
I believe that this question has been answered in Smithsonian Magazine.