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Explain at least three characteristics of the Sun that contribute to its solar activity. (please answer question in your own words, thanks so much).

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Three characteristics of the sun are

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Solar being a giant yellow star filled with hydrogen and helium gases. It is one of the G type stars in the solar system.
  • Sun consists of super magnetic storms that are the result of the solar flare that the sun creates due to its blasts of corpuscular energy.
  • Sun has an 11-year cycle of sunspot activity. This cycle is a dominant feature of the sun's internal activity. Measured in wolf numbers.
  • Solar activity causes auroras to light up the night sky on earth due to the solar winds which react with higher latitudes of the earth.
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