Page 3 - Curriculum Visions Dynamic Book
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Getting a cosmic perspective The Milky Way
The birth of the Sun
The fuel for a star
The life of a star
The life and death of the Sun
Why the Sun appears so bright How the Sun moves in space Sun, Moon, and eclipse
The Sun’s size
The Sun’s gravity
Modeling the Sun
A slice through the Sun
The SOHO satellite
The core
The radiative zone
The convective zone
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The solar atmosphere The photosphere Sunspots
The chromosphere Flares
Prominences
Spicules
The corona
Solar wind
Solar sail
Heliosphere
How the Sun affects the Earth Magnetism
Auroras
Organisation of the Solar System The composition of the Solar System How the Solar System was formed 65–72
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The surface of the Sun.
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