Thursday, October 15, 2015

The Sun and Stars: by Emma Crosswhite, Zakary Banks, and Adam Bruns


Presentation link below. Prezi.com
http://prezi.com/pi69-korm0hv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
Works Cited links below
Comins, Neil F. Discovering the Essential Universe. Sixth ed. New York City: Katherine Parker, 2015. 268-313. Print.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin

            Wikipedia article on Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin

http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/cosmic/p_payne.html
            Excerpt from Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge
            Editors: Steven Soter and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/sun/sunstructure.shtml


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  1. Hailey MartinelliOctober 23, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    You said in your slide covering the corona that the further away you get from the surface, the hotter the surface is. Why is this? If it's hotter at the core of the sun wouldn't it feel hotter closer to the surface?

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    1. UnknownOctober 30, 2015 at 12:13 AM

      Theories behind it say it is a combination of density, temperature, and structure. Scientist have never come to a clear conclusion as to why it is hotter than the inner more parts. However, current studies are being done with the satellite called IRIS to measure the heat and patterns that the sun has. Until then the corona's extreme heart will remained one of the great mysteries of the sun.

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