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The structure of the chromosphere and the low corona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

C. De Jager*
Affiliation:
Sonnenborgh Observatory, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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The outer part of the sun consists of two main regions: (1) the convection zone, which extends from a depth of 105 km below the visible surface to 100 or 200 km below the surface, and in which the temperature decreases from about 106 °K near the lower limit to 6000 °K near the surface; and (2) the corona, which starts about 5000 km above the surface and extends very far, up to many solar radii, and in which the temperature is 106 °K in the low parts.

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Part II: The Sun
Copyright
Copyright © Stanford University Press 1959 

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