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10. The Sun

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© 2019 Columbia University Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Acknowledgments IX
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. In the Beginning 3
  6. 2. The Spinning Earth 11
  7. 3. The Earth Stands Alone 16
  8. 4. Nevertheless, it Moves 24
  9. 5. The Authority of Law 36
  10. 6. The Origin of the Solar System 42
  11. 7. Creation, Antiquity, and Time 47
  12. 8. Stellar Encounters 57
  13. 9. The Solar System 62
  14. 10. The Sun 76
  15. 11. The Terrestrial Planets 81
  16. 12. The Major Planets 92
  17. 13. Moons, Asteroids, and Meteorites 104
  18. 14. Rogue Star 117
  19. 15. The Inefficient Universe 125
  20. 16. Stellar Condensation 137
  21. 17. Observing the Nebular Disk 151
  22. 18. Accreting Planetesimals and Dissipating Protoplanets 158
  23. 19. Inside the Earth 165
  24. 20. Accretion and Differentiation 173
  25. 21. Maidenhead Revisited 188
  26. 22. Xenology: The Age of the Elements 196
  27. 23. The Cuckoo’s Nest 211
  28. 24. Aggregation 223
  29. 25. Things Invisible to See 229
  30. 26. Go and Find a Fecund Star 235
  31. Index 267
The Birth of the Earth a Wanderlied Through Space, Time, and the Human Imagination
This chapter is in the book The Birth of the Earth a Wanderlied Through Space, Time, and the Human Imagination
https://doi.org/10.7312/fish90490-012

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Acknowledgments IX
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. In the Beginning 3
  6. 2. The Spinning Earth 11
  7. 3. The Earth Stands Alone 16
  8. 4. Nevertheless, it Moves 24
  9. 5. The Authority of Law 36
  10. 6. The Origin of the Solar System 42
  11. 7. Creation, Antiquity, and Time 47
  12. 8. Stellar Encounters 57
  13. 9. The Solar System 62
  14. 10. The Sun 76
  15. 11. The Terrestrial Planets 81
  16. 12. The Major Planets 92
  17. 13. Moons, Asteroids, and Meteorites 104
  18. 14. Rogue Star 117
  19. 15. The Inefficient Universe 125
  20. 16. Stellar Condensation 137
  21. 17. Observing the Nebular Disk 151
  22. 18. Accreting Planetesimals and Dissipating Protoplanets 158
  23. 19. Inside the Earth 165
  24. 20. Accretion and Differentiation 173
  25. 21. Maidenhead Revisited 188
  26. 22. Xenology: The Age of the Elements 196
  27. 23. The Cuckoo’s Nest 211
  28. 24. Aggregation 223
  29. 25. Things Invisible to See 229
  30. 26. Go and Find a Fecund Star 235
  31. Index 267
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