How hot is the Earth\’s core?

Question: How hot is the Earth\'s core?
- Keywords:
  core,
  earth,
  hot,
  temperature
Asked by themightyfishies101 to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 23 Mar 2011 in Categories: General.
- David Pyle answered on 23 Mar 2011:
  
  No one actually knows, as it depends on assumptions about its precise composition – but its likely to be between 6000 and 7000 K.
- Luna Munoz answered on 23 Mar 2011:
  
  We don’t know for sure, since we’ve not measured it directly. Some scientists have estimated between 3000 and 5000 degrees Celsius, but this is a very rough estimation!

Question: How hot is the Earth\'s core?