Stellar
Temperature Measurement
©1997
The Regents of the University of California
The sun is extremely HOT.
Core temperature can reach 22.5
million degrees!
But what does it all mean ? How do scientists know these
temperatures
?
Continue into this journey and let's find out
!
As you surf each web site listed below, learn as much as
you
can about the sun.
At the quiz section below, you will be given an
opportunity to check
your learning.
Some Interesting Facts
about
the Sun From NASA's
Observatorium
Students for the Exploration and Development
of
Space.
University of Arizona
Chapter
of Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
The
Virtual Sun. Anton Pannekoek Institute.
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
In the following
"Trip
through the Sun" you'll see flames on the sun larger than ten
earths,
winds going 1000 mph,
and you'll see how the earth eventually will be scorched by the dying
Sun.
Los
Alamos National Laboratory. Views of the
Solar System has been created as an
educational tour of
the solar system. This site contains images and information about the
Sun.
Now.......Let's look at the very
latest data from the Sun
Up to the Day Solar
Images
from Space
Environment Center. The Space Environment
Center
(SEC)
provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and
geophysical
events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, and develops
techniques
for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances. SEC's parent
organization
is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Take The On-LINE SUN Quiz
Here
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