AS102 Final: Module 5- Our Star — the Sun
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Module 5: our star the sun; stellar. Lesson 1: our sun - source of all light and heat. Some other data about the sun is located on the celestial profile. You will observe from the chart above that the sun is made of gas (mostly h and he). Light is generated by a thermonuclear fusion furnace, although this fact has been known for less than. 100 years, and the next lesson will be dedicated to learning what. fusion is and how the fusion furnace works. Before we delve into an explanation of the fusion process (later in this module) let"s get an idea of the overall structure of the sun. From outside the sun, here on earth, we discover that the total power output of the sun, its luminosity, is 3. 8 x 1026 watts a tremendous amount of energy each second, enough to satisfy the.
