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How hot is the earth's core?

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This is what I found in a geology text: something to the effect of several thousand degrees, at least, but almost certainly not as hot as 10,000 degrees.

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--- jade

My geology text concurs. The temperature is probably around between 3000 and 5000 degrees Celsius. For comparison, the temperature at the surface of the Sun is about 5500 degrees Celsius.

grant l


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