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| The Sun is Solid/Liquid/Gas |
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| The Sun is Contracting or Expanding? |
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| Areas in the sun vary in temperature |
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| Each point inside the sun stays @ fixed temperatures |
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| Energy Generation Rate depends on:(3) |
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| Density, Temperature, Composition |
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| Possible places for other life in the solar system |
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| Mars, Europa, Other moons. |
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| deepest layer from which light directly escapes in to space. |
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| Photosphere is low density and pressure or high density and pressure? |
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| Low density and pressure, 10^-4, .1 of the earths surface values. |
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| Temperature of Photosphere? and what are the granules in the photosphere |
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| 5800*K, and the granules are tops of convection currents. |
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| Where in the sun is the temperature density and pressure all at its greatest? |
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| 3 Zones of the sun, outer to innner |
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| Convection, Radiative, Core. |
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| Energy Source of the sun's core |
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| Transparent Gas Layer, reaching 2000-3000KM above the photosphere. |
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| Temperature of the Chromosphere |
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| 5000-10000 degrees Kelvin |
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| Corona's temperature and relative pressure |
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| 1 million degrees Kelvin, low pressure, |
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| cooler regions where lines of force enter or leave surface. |
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| Charged Particles with greater than escape velocity. |
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| Charged particles following magnetic lines of force. |
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| Magnetic Field lines short out and cause huge bursts of charged particles. |
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| due to winding up of suns magnetic field. |
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| Inverse square law for light |
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Apparent BRightness=
Luminosity/(4pi*distance^2) |
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| Spectral Class Hottest to coolest |
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