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What is a hot ball of gas called?
A star is a huge glowing ball of hot gas. Deep inside its core, hydrogen atoms smash together, forming helium and releasing huge amounts of energy that heats the gas.
Are stars burning balls of fire?
Is it true that a star is a burning ball of fire? Well, no, stars are not on fire although they look that way. The source of their energy is nuclear reactions going on deep inside the stars. In most stars, like our sun, hydrogen is being converted into helium, a process which gives off energy that heats the star.
Is the Sun a big ball of gas?
The Sun is a ball of gas and plasma – around 91% of it is hydrogen gas. Under intense heat and gravitational force this is fused into helium during nuclear fusion. In addition to hydrogen and helium, scientists have detected at least 65 other elements in the Sun.
What is magnitude and luminosity?
Luminosity is an intrinsic measurable property of a star independent of distance. The magnitude of a star, a unitless measure, is a logarithmic scale of observed visible brightness. The apparent magnitude is the observed visible brightness from Earth which depends on the distance of the object.
Is a star a flaming ball of gas?
Even the NASA website refers to stars as “big ball of gas”. It’s a common statement that’s popularized by movies and popular culture. However, stars are technically not in a gaseous state – they’re in a state of plasma.
What are the big balls of gas that Pumbaa was talking about?
Though Timon likes to think of himself as the brains out of the Timon and Pumbaa duo, Pumbaa is the one who describes stars correctly- stars really are just burning balls of gas burning billions of miles away. OK, technically stars are plasma, a state of matter.
What is the star nearest to Earth?
4.246 light years
Proxima Centauri/Distance to Earth
Why is the star considered hot ball of gases?
As the cloud spins, atoms of hydrogen gas bump into one another. The faster the gas spins, the more the atoms bump together, and the temperature of the spinning cloud gets hotter. The new star gives off heat and light from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms. New stars are constantly forming in space.
Which animal is Pumba?
Warthog
Warthog. In the film: Pumbaa, who — along with Timon — adopts Simba when he’s exiled following the death of Mufasa.