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How close would the sun have to get to earth for its oceans to boil away?

April 26, 2017away boil earth Oceans Sun

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How close would the sun have to get to earth for its oceans to boil away?

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Pretty freakin close. But then again if the Sun even got that close we’d all die =P. I think the boiling point for water is like 200 degrees farenheight, so if the sun moved like where Venus is, the oceans probably would evaporate pretty quickly. Maybe about half an AU.