Temperatures: High & Low
compiled by Peter Y. Chou, WisdomPortal.com
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15,000,000°K
Sun's core temperature
3,000,000°K
Sun's corona temperature
35,540°F
Blue Star Rigel's surface temperature (20,000°K)
9,980°F
Sun's surface temperature (5800°K)
9,900°F
Earth's core temperature
5,000°F
Red Star Betelgeuse's surface temperature (3000°K)
896°F
Hottest Planetary Surface: Venus (480°C)
212°F
Boiling Point of Water
134°F
World's hottest temperature,
Death Valley, CA, USA (7-10-1913)
100°C
Boiling Point of Water
98.6°F
Human's normal body temperature (37°C)
77°F
Average room temperature (25°C)
39°F Average Ocean temperature
32°F
Freezing Point of Water (0°C)
0°C
Freezing Point of Water (32°F)
-60°C
Lowest Temp. USA: Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (-80°F), 1-23-1971
-70°C
Coldest Inhabited Village: Oymyakon, Siberia, Russia (-94°F)
-89.2°C
Lowest Temp. on Earth: Vostok, Antarctica (-128.6°F), 7-21-1983
-270°C
Cosmic Background Radiation in Deep Space (3°K, -454°F)
-272°C
Coldest Place in the Universe: Boomerang Nebula (1°K, -458°F)
-273°C
Absolute Zero:
molecular motion stops (0°K, -459°F)
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| 3rd Law of Thermodynamics
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