Helmholtz's contraction theory says the sun is young (Talk.Origins)

Claim CE310.1:


 * Helmholtz proposed that the sun's energy comes from gravitational contraction. Under this theory, the sun could not be more than about 20 million years old.

Source: McDowell, Josh and Don Stewart, 1981. Reasons Skeptics should consider Christianity. San Bernardino, CA: Here's Life Publishers, Inc.

CreationWiki response:

Creationists have played with this concept, mainly as a possible way of dealing with what was then of a lack of solar neutrinos.  The discovery of the missing neutrinos has put an end to such theories.

La teoría de la contracción de Helmholtz dice que el sol es joven (Talk.Origins) A teoria da contração de Helmholtz diz que o sol é jovem (Talk.Origins)