• phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    What is irons vaporization temp? And wouldn’t space cool it down(and keep it somewhat together barring other gravitational objects affecting it.

    • The Stoned Hacker@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      space might not cool it down because the only real way for it to lose the heat would be blackbody radiation. by now it’s probably cooled off but without any atmosphere or other materials to cool it off, it probably stayed hot for a while