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How Much Mass Does the Sun Consume?

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I heard at one time the amount of matter that is converted by the Sun into energy and released, but have been unable to remember the quantity stated. It was given as the number of Earth masses that are converted every month or year.
The Sun consumes about 600 million tons of hydrogen per second. (That's 6 x 108 tons.) For comparison, the mass of the Earth is about 1.35 x 1021 tons. This would mean the Sun consumes the mass of the Earth in about 70,000 years.

Answer 1

Hazel Asher

About 0.7% mass is converted into energy,That is 4.5 million tons of hydrogen is lost. to form energy.

An estimated 4.5 million tons of hydrogen are lost every second in order to create energy, or 0.7% of mass.

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Answer 2

Alexander Acosta

The Sun consumes about 600 million tonnes of Hydrogen per second.

It seems a huge amount but 600 million tonnes of Hydrogen are fused every second.

To put this into perspective the mass of the Earth is about #10^21# tonnes. It would take about #70,000# years for the Sun to consume an Earth mass of Hydrogen.

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Answer 3

Nova Adams

The Sun consumes about 4.2 million metric tons of mass per second.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.