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The Sun - Online Term Paper

The Sun

Of all the stars in our galaxy we find our Sun the most important.
For supports life on earth and keeps the planets in a certain
"line".Without the sun we could not survive.

History of the Sun

People have studied the stars since day one. Many cultures have
studied and worshiped the sun. This was the earliest form of studying the
moon. In 1611Galileo, using the telescope that he invented, discovered dark
spots on the moon. Galileo blazed the way for study of the sun. His
observations helped to lead the sun being viewed as an evolving body. Soon
its properties and variations were understood scientifically. After
Galileo the next major discovery of the sun came in 1814. A ...

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magnetic field of the sun and individual characteristics of the sun.
Pictured
above is Galileo

Composition of the Sun

The radiation that Earth receives from the sun is quite remarkable.
The radiation that we receive varies less than 1% over a period of twenty
four hours. However this less than one billionth of the radiation given
off by the sun. This energy comes from deep with in the sun. The
composition of the sun consists of 71percent hydrogen, 27 percent helium,
and 2 percent of other heavier elements. This makes the sun, like others,
very volatile
At the center of the sun we find the density of the sun to be more
than 150 times that of water. For this reason the center of the sun sits
at a scorching 29 million degrees Fahrenheit. At this heat hydrogen atoms
are under going nuclear fusion. Nuclear Fusion forces two hydrogen
molecules to bond together to make one helium nucleus. The energy that is
released is called gamma radiation.
Sun ...

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Added: 6/22/2008 05:16:10 PM
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Free Paper
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