Imagine the pressure you'd feel at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. - sci.math

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Henry Wilson DSc

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More options Nov 7 2009, 6:13 am

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From: HW@..(Henry Wilson DSc).

Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:13:59 GMT

Local: Sat, Nov 7 2009 6:13 am

Subject: Re: Imagine the pressure you'd feel at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

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On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:59 GMT, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com> wrote:
>Henry Wilson DSc wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:49:32 -0500, "HVAC" <harlowcampb...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> "Henry Wilson DSc ." <HW@..> wrote in message
>>> news:j7t7f5l8mp9rhiv6us7g9tu2o5vu210r6h@4ax.com...
>>>> Wormey, what exactly causes a SN to explode?
>>> The short answer is gravity. If you want I can
>>> go further into the details.

>> We're already far beyond 'gravity', dopey.

> Actually not... the energy source of a supernova is gravitational
> collapse, Henri.

We know that, wormey...but the compression due to gravity ultimately causes
some kind of fusion... the principal energy source. Gravity alone can't cause
the bloody thing to blow up.

Henry Wilson...www.scisite.info/index.htm

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