Interior Of The Sun

This energy diffuses outward by radiation mostly gamma rays and x rays through the radiative zone and by convective fluid flows boiling motion through the convection zone the outermost 30.

Interior of the sun. The atmosphere of the sun surrounds the interior and is transparent to visible light and is relatively low density. As we shall see this is because the composition of the sun is dominated by the light elements hydrogen and helium similar to the gas giant planets while that of the terrestrial planets is dominated by heavier metals and their compounds. We ll stop supporting this browser soon.

Within it there are no large scale gas motions. Well inside the sun the gas is so hot it is fully ionized electrons are all stripped from the atom nuclei so the atoms are poorly absorbing and the energy is carried by gamma rays that bounce their way off the free electrons. Skip navigation sign in.

In this video i will give the basic information of and explain the interior of the sun. Interior zones of the sun it is useful to divide the interior of the sun into three interior regions. Even on earth we know that the sun produces energy because we see sunlight and we feel hot on a summer day.

Energy is generated in the core the innermost 25. The core or the center of the sun is the region where the energy of the sun is produced. The solar interior is separated into four regions by the different processes that occur there.

Anatomy of the sun from mysteries of the sun image of the sun with cut away portion showing the solar interior with text descriptions of the regions as follows from inner most to outer most. The interior of the sun is a spherical region that is opaque to visible light and is relatively high density.