♥THE SUN♥
Ashlyn Raymond
&
Meg Audet
The Romans called the sun "Sol".
The Greeks called the sun "Helios".
The sun was created about 5 billion years ago, and will be around for another 5 billion years.
The sun is the only star that is in our solar system. It is a low mass star which means it is very small.
All eight planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) revolve around the sun because it is the center of our solar system.
The diameter of the sun is about 1,390,000 kilometers.
The sun is a giant ball of gas. It's about 27% heilum and 72% hydrogen. The sun contains small amounts of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, nickel, gold, uranium, and other elements which make up the other 1%. Only .000000000005 percent of the sun's energy reaches the earth, which is less than a trillionth of the sun's total radiation. The surface of the sun spins faster when its at the equator, and every 25.4 days it makes one complete rotation. At the poles, the sun makes a full rotation every 33 days instead of 25.4.
The distance between the sun and the earth is 1 AU (Astronomical Unit.) 1 AU=149,597,870.691
The core of the sun is 15,000,000 degrees celcius.
The radiative zone is 2,500,000 degrees celcius.
The convective zone is 1,000,000 degrees celcius.
The photospere is 6,000 degrees celcius.
The chromosphere is 4000 degrees celcius.
The corona is 1,000,000 degrees celcius.
Sunspots are the "cool" regions of the sun. They are only about 3,800 degrees celcius. Sunspots can sometimes get very large, up to 50,000 kilometers in diameter. Sunspots are caused by complicated interactions with the sun's magnetic field, and it's not very well understood how they are made.
Comments (27)
maryah magee said
at 8:43 am on Oct 17, 2007
... i like how you used alot of color... and explained the sun really well.... the pictures get all detailed with the sun??? dk if this made any sence!
Morgan Lamson said
at 8:53 am on Oct 17, 2007
This looks really good so far!!! I like all of the images!! They really make the page stick out!! You might want to write a little bit more information though!!!
nikki said
at 9:01 am on Oct 17, 2007
i like the color..... the images add alot to it..... explianed very well
John Meade said
at 9:02 am on Oct 17, 2007
nice colors, need to add name.
sheldon baker said
at 12:59 pm on Oct 17, 2007
good information, looks nice
high-5!
Sophia said
at 1:00 pm on Oct 17, 2007
The Colors are great, they really add something, maybe just a little more info, other then the make up of it
Jess Sweeney said
at 1:03 pm on Oct 17, 2007
I like how colorful it is, but u might want to add a vocabulary page for some of the words.
elizabeth said
at 1:05 pm on Oct 17, 2007
it is colorful and beautiful, although some more information might be nice... good job
shannon said
at 1:06 pm on Oct 17, 2007
I like how you used a lot of colors on your page. I also liked how you added pictures to enhance the page. I think that you need to explain the elements.
Eli Werth said
at 1:07 pm on Oct 17, 2007
thats friken awesome!! but I CANT READ THE TITLE!!!
mike haskins said
at 1:09 pm on Oct 17, 2007
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccccccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, get some videos though, it is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jacob Kernan said
at 1:09 pm on Oct 17, 2007
The universe is 13 to 14 billion years old and the Sun was created not discovered. Everything else was great.
connor robson said
at 1:15 pm on Oct 17, 2007
you said 15 millon years old lol the earth has been around longer than that. but good info and stuff 10/10
Anna Compere said
at 3:45 pm on Oct 17, 2007
great job guys, i think the comments above say it all, everything looks really attractive but some more info would make it even MORE interesting. also there was that little mix-up about the age of things... otherwise it's completely amazing.
Mr Coyle said
at 7:51 pm on Oct 17, 2007
Just to clarify, Sun: approx. 5 billion years old.
Universe: approx. 13-14 billion years old.
Audet, get on that.
dana litchfield said
at 8:02 pm on Oct 17, 2007
wooooowwww its gorgeous. informational. eye catching. its great. im jealous.
i wuv u laddddiiiiieeeees!!
Veronica Brynga said
at 3:37 pm on Oct 20, 2007
i like it cute cute cute and colorful. It keept my interest.
Kaitlin F. said
at 3:59 pm on Oct 20, 2007
Very colorful. it makes me smile.
Sir Tucker James Sargent said
at 6:13 pm on Oct 21, 2007
nice, maybe some links to other pages and stuff like that. i dont know what a photosphere or a cromosphere is.
chris mehuron said
at 7:46 pm on Oct 22, 2007
nice web page. but who did this. put names on page. may could put some coloring in back round
Sydnie said
at 5:40 pm on Oct 23, 2007
nice job!! Very colorful!
Meghan Costello said
at 6:14 pm on Oct 23, 2007
ooh i like how your writing is easy and fin to read, its also pretty good information.
be sure yo site your sources at the bottom. Other wise you guys did a fantastic job. :)
thomas fuller said
at 8:00 pm on Oct 26, 2007
I very much enjoyed reading and observing this piece. Excellent visual and textual representation of the Sun. I am proud to present you and award... IT IS, DUN DUN DUN..................................................................................................... BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.... total JK, excellent work girls, 9.999/10
one one thousandth of this just doesnt do it for me
katy said
at 7:38 am on Oct 27, 2007
You guys did an amazing job! trhe colors and visuals really made me want to read more so grrrreat job(wow that was like tony the tiger)
nickpizzale said
at 9:36 pm on Oct 28, 2007
i like how it catches the readers attention and makes them really interested and engadged to read more! These ar all very good facts guys! plus all the pictures you used show a good representation of wat the sun is far away and close up features. Great job overal but site your sources, other then that great job!!!
Devlin said
at 9:59 pm on Oct 28, 2007
You guys did a great job but it looks as if you cut and paste some of it. you guys also forgot to put your citations in. naughty naughty naughty. it looks like this page took you guys a while to do. the pictures are great and so isnt the info. all you guys really needed to do was put in those citations and paraphrase more of the info. i think all the 6-8th graders will be able to understand this page. GREAT JOB!!!
mike haskins said
at 8:04 am on Oct 30, 2007
really nice job you two, if you could get in a video it would be perfect
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