|Spring 2010||Astronomy 110||MWF 9:30 &mdash 10:20|
The Sun is not only the largest object in our solar system — it is also the nearest example of a star. It produces energy by converting hydrogen to helium, thereby maintaining a constant internal temperature. Particles emitted by the Sun and detected on Earth confirm the details of this picture.
Please read all subsections of each section below.
|10.1||A Closer Look at the Sun|
|10.2||Nuclear Fusion in the Sun|
|10.3||The Sun-Earth Connection|
Joshua E. Barnes
(barnes at ifa.hawaii.edu)
5 March 2010