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robotresearcher • today at 3:40 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

That’s all true. But stuff in space has a temperature, and once I’d been dead a while in LEO, mine would be -18C.


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overfeed • today at 9:09 PM

> mine would be -18C

FYI; that's not how it works, you and the rock you mentioned in an earlier comment cannot have the same temperature of -18C. This is due to differences in material, and geometry to a lesser extent.

Even if you were rock-shaped, the rates of energy absorption and radiation is what determines your remains' temperature, this ratio differs for different materials, and thus difference fiilnal temperatures.