Solar Systems Flashcards

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SUN?

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  • Closest star in our solar system.
  • 4.5 bn old
  • Will die after (scientist predicted)
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Proxima Centauri?

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Closest star to the earth after sun, 40 trillion Km away.

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Structure of Sun?

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  • The Core
  • The Photosphere
  • The Cromosphere
  • The Corona
  • Solar Wind
  • Sun Spots
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The core of sun?

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  • Has high temperature and pressure.
  • Temp is 15 mn Centigrade
  • convert Hydrogen nuclei in to helium nucleus
  • a lot amount of energy released.
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The photosphere of the sun?

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  • Lower atmosphere
  • 300 miles (500 km Thick)
  • temp is 5500 centigrade
  • between chromospeher and central core
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The Chromospehere of Sun?

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  • Reddish lager outside the photosphere
  • temp is from 6000 to 50,000 centigrade
  • Visible duirng solar eclipse when the moon block the photosphere.
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The corona of sun?

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  • outer layer of Sun atmosphere

* temp reaches 1 million centigrade.

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The Solar Winds?

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  • Stream of charged particle that flow out from sun.
  • as the sun rotates the solar wind blows in a Pinwheeled Pattern through the solar system.
  • take 5 days to reach earth
  • has a velocity of 800 Km/sec
  • causes aurora and develop tail of comet.
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Sunspots?

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  • are cool and dark patches on sun,
  • caused by disturbance in magnetic field
  • large sunspots can be wider than earth.
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Feature Of Sun?

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  • Mass is 1.989x10^30 Kg, 330,000 times of earth.
  • composed of 74% of H2, 24% He & 2% heavy metals.
  • surface temp 5500 degree.
  • Core temp is 150mn centigrade.
  • distance from earth is 150mn Km or 93mn miles.
  • Has large magnetic feild.
  • in 8min 20 sec it rays reached.
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Planets?

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  • term used for a body who orbit around sun.
  • Greek word plantes = Wanderer
  • has eight planet
  • pluto is a dwarf planet.
  • 332 planets exists in other solar system called exoplanets.
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Inner Planets?

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Solar System?

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  • consist of sun, planets, Dwarf planets, moons, an asteroid belt, comets, meteors and other object.
  • Sun is the biggest object of it and contain more than 99% mass of it.
  • 4.5 bn old
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