Assume that the solar wind causes the Sun to lose mass at a rate of 2 x 10’ kg/s. If you assume thewind is emitted a constant rate, estimate the time (in units of Gyr =Gigayears = 10° years) that itwill take the entire Sun to evaporate via its solar wind emission.(Of course, the rate won't be constant throughout the lifetime of the Sun---this is just a roughestimate to understand the timescale associated with this process.)[Hint: you need to look up a number and do several unit conversions; this is a *rate* problem. Enteryour answer as an integer or decimal, NOT in scientific notation.]

The rate at which the Sun is losing its mass = 2×109 kg/s Total mass of the Sun= 2×1030 kg The…

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