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Contadini t1_j5icroc wrote

It would probably be loud enough to deafen you instantly., not as loud as the sun though. The sun would sound like you are in the middle of a nuclear bomb explosion.

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SirMaximBelov t1_j5j2q7g wrote

Maybe even 2 nuclear bomb explosions explosions

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Other-Weakness-9177 t1_j5ja5dj wrote

Why not 3?

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carressingcarro t1_j5jb68d wrote

I think that's reasonable, yeah.

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Zavax t1_j5k2law wrote

How about 4?

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space-sage t1_j5k6yjx wrote

I could see that as a very real possibility

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LLuerker t1_j5jfefr wrote

The sun is loud AF. If there was atmosphere to propagate the sound from 93 million miles away, the sun would be around 100 decibels loud on earths surface. As loud as a concert or jackhammer just outside your window

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shyouko t1_j5jxvwe wrote

Any source or hints on how this is calculated?

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Nrksbullet t1_j5jyo89 wrote

It's from the documentary 'Rick and Morty', visualized as the Sun screaming.

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LLuerker t1_j5jz30w wrote

I just used Google, but the first handful of sources claim the same number. Just number crunching basically

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artgriego t1_j5lp8zm wrote

Given how bright it is, at a distance of 93 MILLION miles...I believe it.

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left_lane_camper t1_j5lx083 wrote

Those calculations assume a lossless atmosphere and that the only attenuation is geometric. Adding in attenuation leads to full thermalization surprisingly close to the photosphere.

Of course, if there were a medium to transport that sound, then it would effectively mean that the sun were just a much larger star, and that medium itself would be turbulent and noisy.

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Devlos00 t1_j5m5pwz wrote

Would that mean that stars like Mu Cephei would be even that much loader. That stars radius is 1000x the size of our sun and it shines 100000x brighter than our sun. Would there be any stars out there that we could hear is sound traveled though space or is everything too far no matter it’s size.

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602Zoo t1_j5kf06v wrote

I read somewhere that at even at 1 au distance the sun would be as loud as a jet at takeoff every second. If sounds could travel through a vacuum.

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