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Old 12-29-2008, 08:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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My temperature in space/orbit

I was curious about temperatures in space and looked up the question. Turns out because of background radiation it's about 3 Kelvin assuming your not next to a sun. And that's after the object has had a long time to cool off.

But my question is what would my temperature be for the first hour or so, in space? Let's say in orbit on the dark side of earth. Because wouldn't my body heat take a long time to dissipate? Since I'd be in a vacuum.

(Obviously I'd die rather quickly because of the vacuum and dangers of space but this isn't along the vein of survival)
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