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Jan 23, 2013 · Anatomy of the Sun – from Mysteries of the Sun. Image of the Sun with cut-away portion showing the solar interior with text descriptions of the regions as follows (from inner-most to outer-most): The Sun’s Core – Energy is generated via thermonuclear reactions creating extreme temperatures deep within the Sun’s core. The Radiative Zone ...
6 days ago · “Anatomy of the Sun” follows Alex (Pilon), a music producer who is haunted by visions of his dead sister as he tries to understand the details of her untimely demise. Suvari plays his mother ...
Feb 3, 2024 · The four layers of the Sun are the core, radiative zone, convective zone, and atmosphere. The Sun is a colossal nuclear reactor at the heart of our solar system. Our favorite star is about 109 times the diameter of Earth and over 330,000 times its mass. It generates energy through nuclear fusion at its core, where temperatures and pressures are ...
- Core. This is where the Sun generates its energy. The temperature in the core is around 15 million degrees Celsius. This, combined with the huge pressure and density of the plasma force hydrogen nuclei to fuse together, creating helium and releasing vast quantities of energy in the process.
- Radiative zone. This is the layer above the core. Although not as dense as the core, the plasma is still packed so tightly in the radiative zone that convection cannot take place.
- Convective zone. This lies between the deeper, radiative zone and the photosphere. While the top layer is the same temperature as the photosphere (between 4500–6000 °C), the base of the convective zone reaches two million degrees Celsius.
- Tachocline. This is the boundary between the convective zone and the radiative zone. Below the tachocline, the Sun rotates like a solid body. Above it, the Sun rotates at different speeds according to its latitude.
The Structure of the Sun 8 CESAR’s Booklet vi. The corona: It is the biggest and least dense structure of the Sun and it surrounds it. Composed of plasma escaping from the Sun that reaches 1.000.000 kelvin, but with a density even lower than the
In this video from NOVA’s Sun Lab, learn about the Sun’s composition and structure. The Sun is a plasma, primarily made of hydrogen with smaller amounts of other elements. Animations and images illustrate the physical and behavioral properties of the Sun’s six regions: the core, radiative zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. The two outer layers (chromosphere and ...
