Sun

Sun

1. Diameter/Size 2. Size compared to Earth 3. Mass 4. Parts of the Suns: describe them 5. What is a solar eclipse? 6. What is the sun's name in other languages? 7. What type of star is the sun? What is it's absolute magnitude? 8. What is the life cycle of the sun? 9. How old is the sun? 10. What is nuclear fusion of the sun? 11. Who discovered that planets orbit the sun? What was his theory called/ 12. What problems do solar flares solar storms create? 13. How far away is the sun from Earth? 14. What is the composition of the sun?

Websites:

1. You may use your textbook to begin your research.

2. http://nineplanets.org/sol.html

3. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/sun/sun.shtml

4. Solar Eclipse: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how

5. http://www.astronomynotes.com/starsun/s2.htm

6. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/iris/multimedia/layerzoo.html

7. Other names for the sun: http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-the-suns-name