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What does the inside of the sun look like?

Answer 1

Luke Allen

The inside of the sun contains a convection zone, a radiative zone, and a core.

Core

Encompasses 25% of the Sun's radius
Temperature: 15 million degrees Kelvin
Intense pressure caused by gravity inside core creates nuclear fission reactions (Responsible for 85% of Sun's energy)
Radiative Zone
- Accounts for 45% of Sun's radius
- Energy from core carried out by photons in here
- Photons travel 1 micron before being absorbed, re-emitted in infinite loop
Convection Zone
- Final 30% of Sun's radius
- Convection currents carry energy out to surface
- Convection currents are rising movements of hot gas next to falling movements of cool gas
- Photon takes 100,000-200,000 years to reach surface

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Answer 2

Levi Alexander

The sun's interior consists of a core, radiative zone, and convective zone. The core is extremely hot and dense, where nuclear fusion occurs. The radiative zone is where energy moves through radiation, and the convective zone involves the transfer of heat through convection currents.

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