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The Sun outputs about 3.846 x 1026 Watts. A) How much mass is being converted into...

The Sun outputs about 3.846 x 1026 Watts. A) How much mass is being converted into energy every second in the Sun’s core? About 0.7% of this mass becomes energy through the fusion of hydrogen to helium: 4H à He +γ . B) What mass of hydrogen is being converted into helium every second? C) Astrophysicists speculate that there is about 9.626 x 1028 kg of hydrogen left in the core (about half of what the Sun began with). How many more years will the Sun be able to fuse hydrogen assuming the same rate?

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