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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by boiledrope on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:01PM (#27557112)
The sun is hot
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by mr_toad on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:41PM (#27557276)
Not really, it’s surface temperature is about 5800K, which is just middling for a star. Surface temperatures of blue supergiants can reach 50,000K.
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