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	the sun part 2

mastercheok

4-9-2008 3:57 PM

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mastercheok says:

if you have not read the sun part 1 it is strongly advised to do so

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b32c0c9d-e130-420d-a084-ec42c0a9c8d4/79340D2C-0E2F-420E-B91E-137A780A3EDA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sun&oldid=204425332" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sun&oldid=204425332" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sun&oldid=204425332"><P>The Sun is currently traveling through the <A title="Local Interstellar Cloud" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Interstellar_Cloud" linkindex="149" set="yes">Local Interstellar Cloud</A> in the low-density <A title="Local Bubble" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble" linkindex="150">Local Bubble</A> zone of diffuse high-temperature gas, in the inner rim of the <A title="Orion Arm" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Arm" linkindex="151">Orion Arm</A> of the <A title="Milky Way Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way_Galaxy" linkindex="152" set="yes">Milky Way Galaxy</A>, between the larger <A title="Perseus arm" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_arm" linkindex="153">Perseus</A> and <A title="Sagittarius arm" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_arm" linkindex="154">Sagittarius arms</A> of the galaxy. Of the 50 <A title="Nearest stars" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearest_stars" linkindex="155" set="yes">nearest stellar systems</A> within 17 light years from the Earth, the Sun ranks 4th in <A title="Absolute magnitude" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_magnitude" linkindex="156">absolute magnitude</A> as a fourth magnitude star (M=4.83).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sun&oldid=204425332">The Sun is a <A title="Metallicity" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallicity" linkindex="192" set="yes">Population I</A>, or heavy element-rich<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><A title="" href="#cite_note-13" linkindex="193" set="yes">[14]</A></SUP>, star.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-zeilik_14-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-zeilik-14" linkindex="194">[15]</A></SUP> The formation of the Sun may have been triggered by shockwaves from one or more nearby <A title="Supernova" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova" linkindex="195" set="yes">supernovae</A>.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-Falk_15-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-Falk-15" linkindex="196" set="yes">[16]</A></SUP> This is suggested by a high <A title="Abundance of the chemical elements" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements" linkindex="197">abundance</A> of <A title="Heavy metals" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metals" linkindex="198">heavy elements</A> such as <A title="Gold" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" linkindex="199">gold</A> and <A title="Uranium" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium" linkindex="200">uranium</A> in the solar system. These elements could most plausibly have been produced by <A title="Endergonic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endergonic" linkindex="201">endergonic</A> nuclear reactions during a supernova, or by <A title="Nuclear transmutation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_transmutation" linkindex="202">transmutation</A> via <A title="Neutron" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron" linkindex="203">neutron</A> absorption inside a massive second-generation star.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sun&oldid=204425332">Sunlight is Earth's primary source of energy</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/79340D2C-0E2F-420E-B91E-137A780A3EDA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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