Peeling back the sun

Clare Parnell

doi:10.1088/0031-9120/34/3/301

Peeling back the sun

Clare Parnell^*

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Applied Mathematics

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Abstract

Observations show that the Sun is not simply a ball of hot plasma but contains several discrete layers: the interior where the energy is generated is covered by the photosphere, the chromosphere and finally the corona. This article describes a photon’s journey to the outside and links features such as prominences and sunspots to the regions in which they occur.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	108-112
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Education
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/34/3/301
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1999

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Peeling back the sun

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