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What are the 3 layers of the Sun?
The inner layers are the Core, Radiative Zone and Convection Zone. The outer layers are the Photosphere, the Chromosphere, the Transition Region and the Corona.
What is the Sun’s thickest layer?
RADIATIVE ZONE
The RADIATIVE ZONE is the thickest layer of the sun.
How thick is each layer of the Sun?
| Core | Radius of 150,000 km | 10,000,000 K |
|---|---|---|
| Convective Zone | 200,000 km thick | 500,000 K |
| Photosphere | 500 km thick | 5800 K |
| Chromosphere | 10,000 km thick | 4,000 to 400,000 K |
| Corona | 5,000,000 km thick | 1,000,000 K |
How thick is the photosphere?
about 300 km thick
The photosphere is about 300 km thick. Most of the Sun’s visible light that we see originates from this region. The chromosphere is about 2000 km thick. We only see this layer and the other outer layers during an eclipse.
What is the thickness of Corona?
How thick is the Sun photosphere?
about 300 km
The photosphere is about 300 km thick. Most of the Sun’s visible light that we see originates from this region. The chromosphere is about 2000 km thick.
How thick is the solar chromosphere?
about 2000 km thick
The chromosphere is about 2000 km thick. We only see this layer and the other outer layers during an eclipse. The corona extends outwards for more than a solar radius.
Which is the thinmost layer of the Sun?
Compared to the amount of time it takes to get through the radiative zone, energy is transported very quickly through the outer convective zone. The Sun’s visible surface the photosphere is “only” about 5,800 K (10,000 degrees F). Just above the photosphere is a thin layer called the chromosphere.
Which is less bright the photosphere or the Sun?
It is much less bright than the photosphere, so we can only see it if the rest of the sun is blotted out, for example during a solar eclipse. The photosphere is the layer of the sun we can see from the outside.
What are the four layers of the Sun?
From the center out, the layers of the Sun are as follows: the solar interior composed of the core (which occupies the innermost quarter or so of the Sun’s radius), the radiative zone, and the convective zone, then there is the visible surface known as the photosphere, the chromosphere,
What makes up the structure of the Sun?
Inside the sun. The structure of the sun is made up of four layers. At the very center is the dense, hot core. Around the core lie two layers: a thick layer called the radiative zone and a thinner, cooler layer called the convective zone.