THE SUN

FEATURES

• The surface of the sun is the photosphere
• Photosphere is about 5,500 degrees Celsius
• The core can reach 15 million degrees Celcius
• In the atmosphere you can find solar flares
• There is not tectonic activity

SIZE

• The sun is 100 times the size of Earth
• Earths density is 5.515g/cm^3 and the suns density is 1.408 g/cm^3
• The sun contains 99.8% of all mass in the solar system
• The volume of the sun is 1,299,400 times bigger than earth's

ORBIT

• The sun is not a solid, different parts rotate at different times
• At the equator it spins around once every 25 days
• At the poles it takes 36 days

EXPLORATION

• Spacecrafts are constantly expanding our knowledge of the sun
• SOHO, STEREO,THEMIS
• Through this we know that the sun could never support life
• We also know that without it there would be no life on Earth.

FORMATION AND DEATH

• Gravity drew gas (hydrogen and helium) and dust together to form
• Material collapses in our itself and causes it to spin.
• Forms our protostar, over time goes through fusion and grows
• Swell up into a red giant, and eventually become a white dwarf

WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CORE?

• 10 million c
• 15 million c
• 20 million
• 25 million c

WHAT IS THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE SUN?

TRUE OR FALSE

• Our sun will implode and eventually become a black hole.

WHAT COULD YOU FIND IN THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE?

TRUE OR FALSE

• The sun never experiences tectonic activity.