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The sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect
sphere of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic
field via a dynamo process. It is by far the most important source of energy for
life on Earth. Its diameter is about 109 times that of Earth, and its mass is about
330,000 times that of Earth, accounting for about 99.86% of the total mass of
the Solar System. The sun is so much bigger than the earth that over 1 million
planets of the size of the earth can fit inside the sun.About three quarters of the
Sun's mass consists of hydrogen; the rest is mostly helium, with much smaller
quantities of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon, Photospheric
composition (by mass
Type of gas
Hydrogen
Helium
Oxygen
Amount of gas
73.46%
Carbon
Iron
0.29%
Neon
Nitrogen
Silicon
Magnesium
Sulfur
0.12%
24.85%
0.77%
0.16%
0.09%
0.07%
0.05%
0.04%
Characteristic
Size
Mass
Density
Surface temperature
Corona
Photosphere
Effect on
Explanation
Communication
system
navigation systems
satellites
Radiation
hazards
Electric power
sky in most northern and southern parts of the earth. When some of the
charged particles of the solar wind reaches the eart, the collide with gas
molecules like oxygen and nitrogen, causing them to release energy in
form of light.We see this as light as an aurora.
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2.
black hole
The Galaxies
1. A galaxy is a group of stars held together by gravity.
2. There may be million or even billion of stars in a galaxy.
3. There are three main types of galaxies, depending on their shape.
4. They can be spiral, elliptical or irregular
Spiral
Elliptical
An elliptical galaxy is
shaped like a flattened
sphere.
Irregular
Space exploration
YEAR
CONTRIBUTION TO THE
FIELD OF ASTRONOMY
Aristotle
384-322 BC
Nicholas Copernicus
1473-1543
Galileo Galilei
1564-1642
Johannes Kepler
1571-1630
Isaac Newton
1642-1727
Albert Einstein
1879-1955
Year
Event
1926
1957
1957
1958
1959
1959
1961
1962
1964
1966
1969
1976
1981
1986
1989
1990
Voyager
2
Sputnik I
Sputnik 2
Explorer I
space
iii. radio telescope used to receive electric signals and radiation from
outer space
b. spacecraft /spaceships
- spacecraft are launched into space to obtain information.
- spacecraft that transport astronaut are launched into space
using
Rockect .
- A probe is a spaceship that does not carry humans. Examples
are
Voyager 2, Viking 1, Pioneer 10 ad Mariner 10.
- Space probes are launched to collect information by taking
photographs of our solar system
c. space station
- space stations provide a place in space for astronaut to carry out
studies while in space.
- Russias space station-Salyut, Americas Skylab.
- The International Space Station (ISS) is now being
built in orbit
through the cooperation of 16 countries.
d. space shuttles
e. Satellites
1. A satellites is an object that orbits around another object.
2. Man-made satellites are launched into certain orbits for remote
sensing
purpose.
3.. Satellites that are launched are very beneficial, especially for the
following fields.
a. Telecommunications
- Communications satellites are satellites that transmit signals for
televisions, radios, telephones, telexes, the internet and another
communication devices
b. Meteorological and disaster monitoring
- Meteorological satellites help us to accurately predict the
weather.
c. Navigation
- Navigational satellites help ships and the accurately aircrafts
determine their locations, especially in bad weather
d. Geology
- Satellites help geologists in the exploration of oil and minerals.
e. Agriculture
- Satellites are used to detect the location of soil that is suitable