The Sun, Stars, and
Galaxies
sun
the most dominant force in the solar system.
holds everything in its gravitational grasp,
the streams of material blown out in its solar wind create "space weather " that affects the plants
It creates energy by nuclear fusion in its core
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the mass of the Sun accounts for 99.8% of the mass of the Solar System.
If you could take apart the Sun and pile up its different elements,you’d find that……….
74% of its mass comes from hydrogen.
24% helium.
2% is iron ,nickel,oxygen and all the other elements we have in the solar system
You could fit 1.3 million Earths inside the sun
in about 5 billion years from now the sun will enter the red giant phase where it swells up to consume the inner planets
layers of the sun
corona
chromosphere
photosphere
convection zone
radiation zone
core
the sun is becoming 10% more luminous every billion years
The diameter of the Sun is 870,000 miles.
The diameter of the Sun is 870,000 miles.
pairs of hydrogen atoms combine to from helium atoms during the process of nuclear fusion in the core
the corona and flares are only really visible during an eclipse