"Mark Folsom" wrote in message
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"Henri Wilson" HW@.. wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:14:58 GMT, Sam Wormley
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Henri Wilson wrote:

If I take a copper sphere into deep space, what be its final
temperature?
There isn't much out there but it still has a temperature.

My guess is about 3K.

So why all this CMBR/BB crap?


Yeah... a little less that 3K now, but in the past it was higher.

Why is it the about the same everywhere?


It isn't. If you put the thing in space about 93000000 miles from the
sun,
it will be much warmer.

Quite true - I was ignoring the sun and considering only CMBR - from the
sound of his post that's what he sounded like he was interested in. When the
sun is included then the temp can get huge on one side while at the same
time freezing on the other side.

Pmb