Sun Flashcards
(27 cards)
What is the color of the sun
Yellow orange
What is the real color of sun
No color
Sun is known as the source of
Heat and Light
Sun’s temperature is
6000°C
Life span of sun is
5 to 10 Billion Years
Who said that sun is taking 25-35 days to rotate on its own axis
Galileo Galilei
What did Galileo Galilei say about sun
It has 25-35 days to rotate on its axis
Give the 3 parts of sun
- Convection zone (crust)
- Radiation Zone (mantle?
- Core
What is sunspot
Dark/ cooler part of the sun
How many years before a sunspot fade
11 years
Sunspot has a diameter of
32,000 km
Corona is also known as the
CROWN
What color is considered as the high dense in sun corona
Blue
What color is considered as low dense color
Yellow
what is the temperature of the corona/crown?
2.2 million °C
Limb is known as the
Dark edges of the sun
What do you call the dark edges of the sun
Limb
Sun is shutting down when having an
Eclipse
What happens if it does have an eclipse?
Sun is shutting down
It is known as the exploding star
Nova
Nova is called as the
EXPLODING STAR
Blackhole happens when
Sun is dying earth’ll be swallowed
What do you call when sun is dying and earth will be swallowed by it
Blackhole
One of the prominence of the sun that has 8,000 miles
Chromosphere
