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100 Reasons to Choose Biblical Creation Over Evolution
58. Hot Planets
Many of the planets in our solar system appear too hot to have been formed billions of years ago. JupiterA, Saturn, and Neptune radiate heat twice as fast as they receive it from the sun, yet these planets still appear quite hot. The only conceivable explanation is that these planets have not existed long enough to cool off. Walt Brown notes ("In the Beginning", 7th Ed. p. 82,34):
"Jupiter would have rapidly cooled to its present temperature even if had been an unreasonably hot 20,000 Kelvin when it formed. Evolutionary models cannot fit into such a short time…Calculations show it is very unlikely that this energy comes from nuclear fusion, radioactive decay, gravitational contraction, or phase changes within these planets."
58. Hot Planets - Notes and References
A. "Nearly 500 million miles from the sun (5.2 times as far away as earth), Jupiter receives only 1/27 as much sunlight per square mile as falls on the earth. Yet, surprisingly, Jupiter radiates about two and a half times as much energy as it receives from the sun…no one is quite sure where Jupiter's excess heat comes from." "Mystery Shrouds the Biggest Planet", National Geographic, February, 1975, pp.286,290