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The Sun - Coggle Diagram
The Sun
Layers of the Sun
Corona
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Convection zone
Radiative zone
Core
Middle Aged Star of Average size.
Prominences
Loops of gas that extend of the surface of the Sun
Sunspots
Created by magnetic activity in the convection zone.
Solar Storms
Mass
99.8% of the galaxy
Skylab
In 1973 the mission they took the first pictures of the Sun
Different light wave lenghts=different temperatures
Fusion
creates light (protons)
Solar wind
expands the reach of the sun
SOHO
(Solar and heliospheric observatory)
made a coronagraph to try and solve why the corona gets so hot.
Suns core
Hydrogen is converted into helium
Rotations
Midlatitudes takes 30 days per rotation
Solar pole takes 35 days per rotation
equator of the sun completes a rotation every 25 days
Seasons
Solar maximum
Solar minimum
can cause lower temperatures on earth
can cause black outs and intense damage to technology
Solar cycle
an average 11 year period that maxes out the sun's power and lowers it after
Green house Effect
keeps the earth warm, without it the oceans would freeze up
Solar flare
very powerful energy spikes that are released and can reach earth
Halo effect
cloud of energy appears to surround coronagraph