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What are constellations? How many are there? - A group of stars.88 What is the celestial sphere? - An imaginary sphere that maps all celestial objects. What is the celestial equator? - Earth's equator expanded onto the celestial sphere. What is an ecliptic? - A circle on the celestial sphere representing the sun's apparent path during the year. What are the North and South celestial poles? - Earth's north and south pole expanded onto the celestial sphere. What is the difference...

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How did the solar system form? - Nebular Theory - Our Solar System formed from a giants, swirling cloud of gas and dust What are the terrestrial and JSUN (Jovian) planets made of? - Rocks and metals condense inside frost line, hydrogen compounds (ices) condense outside frost line What is the order of the planets from closest to the Sun to farthest from the Sun? - (MVEM/JSUN) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune What are the 2 most common elements in our solar sy...

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Early Ideas of how Sun shines - Impacts from meteors heated the sun. Sun's shine - Nuclear Fusion Sun's Inner Layers - Core, Radiation Zone, and Convection Zone Sun's Outer Layers - Photosphere, Chromosphere, and Corona. Photosphere - Visible surface of the Sun, and it emits Visible Light. Chromosphere - Second layer, Red color is only apparent during eclipses. Emits UV Light. Corona - Aura of plasma that surrounds the Sun. Emits X-ray Light. Only layer seen during a tota...