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Astronomy with an online telescope
Astronomy with an online telescope

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Figure 4 An artist’s drawing of the internal structure of the Sun, showing surface features and internal layers. As you shall see in Section 3, the core of the Sun is at a very high temperature and pressure, sufficient to sustain the nuclear reactions that power its energy output. (NASA)

 2.3 The mass, composition and structure of the Sun