Approximately what core temperature is required before hydrogen fusion can begin in a star?
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Answer:
The temperature required is near about 3 million kelvin
Explanation:
The brilliance of the star results from the nuclear reaction that take place in the core of the star and radiate a huge amount of thermal energy resulting from the fusion of hydrogen into helium.
For this reaction to take place, the temperature of the star's core must be near about 3 million kelvin.
The hydrogen atoms collide and starts and the energy from the collision results in the heating of the gas cloud. As the temperature comes to near about , the nuclear fusion reaction takes place in the core of the gas cloud.
The huge amount of thermal energy from the nuclear reaction gives the gas cloud a brilliance resulting in a protostar.
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