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The Sun and the Origins of the Solar System.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Chicago, IL : Britannica Educational Publishing, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resource (130 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781508106067
Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QB521 .S863 2019
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Subject: This intriguing book follows the Next Generation Science Standards focusing on the solar system and offers serious students of astronomy a detailed look at our Sun and the bodies that orbit it. Readers will learn, in detail, about the Sun's internal structure, including its energy generation, corona, the solar wind, sunspots, and solar flares, among other fascinating characteristics. They'll also study the solar system, which is fueled by the sun. This book is ideal for any reader who would appreciate detailed information for a school report, or who just wants to learn it on their own for more.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Understanding the Sun; The Sun By the Numbers; The Internal Structure of the Sun; The Sun's Evolution; The Sun's Atmosphere; Helioseismology: Mapping the Sun's Internal Structure; The Sun's Chromosphere and Corona; The Solar Wind; Chapter 2; Types of Solar Activity; Solar Prominences; Solar Flares; The Sun's Effects on Earth; The Science of Earth's Auroras; Chapter 3; Our Solar System; The Composition of the Solar System; Discovery of the Kuiper Belt; Orbits IN the SOLAR SYSTEM; The Nature of Planets and Their Moons.

Asteroids and CometsThe Interplanetary Medium; Chapter 4; Our Solar System's Origin; Early Theories on the Origin of the Solar System; Developments of the Twentieth Century; Modern Theories; Formation of the Solar Nebula; The Inner and Outer Planets; Planets of Other Stars; Later Stages of Planetary Accretion; Formation of the Outer Planets and Their Moons; The Small Bodies; Ring Systems; The Sun's Angular Momentum Puzzle; Other Solar Systems; Planets of the Solar System; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.

This intriguing book follows the Next Generation Science Standards focusing on the solar system and offers serious students of astronomy a detailed look at our Sun and the bodies that orbit it. Readers will learn, in detail, about the Sun's internal structure, including its energy generation, corona, the solar wind, sunspots, and solar flares, among other fascinating characteristics. They'll also study the solar system, which is fueled by the sun. This book is ideal for any reader who would appreciate detailed information for a school report, or who just wants to learn it on their own for more.

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