Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ445035
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-6773
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The Sun: A Star Close Up.
Pasachoff, Jay M.
Mercury, v20 n3 p66-76 May-Jun 1991
Both the "quiet" sun and the "active" sun are described. The quiet sun includes the solar phenomena that occur everyday and the active sun includes solar phenomena that appear nonuniformly on the sun and vary over time. A general description of the sun, sunspots, flares, plages, filaments, prominences, solar-terrestrial relations, solar wind, and the solar constant are included. (KR)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Higher Education, Resource Materials, Science Education, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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