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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The corona is around 1 million °C. That's really really hot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The corona is indeed super hot, but also quite tenuous in comparison to the rest of the sun. The photosphere is only about 5500 °C. If our solar panels were made of diamond they would have melted at 3500, but it's not impossible to imagine a solar panel that could be positioned 'quite' close to the sun's surface - would just need to be made from some quite fancy materials.