The Sun
By: Steve Parker
Series: The Earth and space; Earth and space
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780750249195
Subjects: Juvenile literature
Description: Considers how the Sun dominates the Solar system, affecting conditions on each of the planets and keeping them and other bodies in orbits around itself. Describes how the Sun was formed and examines its structure and characteristics and asks what the future holds for the Sun and the Solar system. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Our local star; title: How the Sun began; title: The Sun in the middle; title: The Sun and the ancients; title: Early science of the Sun; title: The Sun's size and shape; title: The structure of the Sun; title: At the heart of the Sun; title: The Sun's inner layers; title: The Sun's surface; title: A halo around the sun; title: Sunspots and solar flares; title: Arches and loops; title: The sun as a magnet; title: Exlipses and transits; title: The solar wind; title: The Sun and life on Earth; title: How we observe the Sun; title: How we explore the Sun; title: The future; title: Timeline of discovery; title: Glossary.