Sunlight and Stars
Team C
University of Phoenix
SCI350
Alex Bukreyev
July 9, 2006

Sunlight and Stars
Our Sun is the star in the center of our solar system and accounts for more than 90 percent of the solar system's mass. Our team will take a look into the different aspects of our Sun and how we study and learn from such a bright star that is basically nothing more than a ball of hot gasses.
The Sun is composed of six parts. From the inside working outward, the six parts are the core, the radiation zone, the convection zone, the photosphere, the chromosphere, and the corona. The core, which reaches temperatures of 15 million Kelvin, hydrogen atoms are transformed into helium through thermonuclear fusion. The heat drives pressure outward, while the gravity balances the force by pulling back inward. The photons from the nuclear reactions are absorbed and released into the radiation zone. The currents of gas are circulated and transferred to the surface in the convection......

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