The Sun: Unique Facts and Creation
by Owen Borville
April 8, 2021
Astronomy, Science, Learning
The sun is a star and the primary light source of Earth, which orbits around the sun along with the eight other major planets in the solar system. The Earth has an elliptical orbit around the sun, where it is closer at some points in the orbit and sometimes farther away. The distance between the Earth and the sun varies at around 150 million kilometers. The Earth's orbit around the sun is a 365 day period.
The gravitational attraction of the sun keeps the Earth and the other planets in orbit, which causes our seasons and in general controls the movement of the Earth.
The Earth is located very near a position in the solar system where it is close enough to the sun to keep warm but far enough away to keep from excessive much heat. The heat that reaches the Earth from the sun is enough to sustain life but not too hot to harm life on Earth. Earth's position in the universe points toward special creation and design in contrast to random processes over long periods of time.
The Sun's diameter: 1.4 million km. Sun's distance from Earth: 150 million km (93 million miles) Sun's mass: about 2x10^30 kg: about 333,000 times the Earth mass, the largest mass in the solar system. The sun makes up 99.8 percent of the solar system's mass. The Sun has been growing over time as observed. Despite its size, the sun is not the largest star and there are larger stars. The sun is composed of about three quarters (73 percent) hydrogen, one quarter helium, and trace amounts of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen.
The sun is important to the formation of weather, clouds, rain, and winds on Earth. The sun controls weather patterns on Earth, the water cycle, and prevents the Earth from freezing further, including the oceans. The sunlight causes thunderstorms by providing heat to the surface of the Earth, while its low density pushes the heat upward, causing cold air to follow behind and producing the storm cell.
The sun's energy radiates across the solar system and onto the planets that rotate around it. The sun's core has a temperature of 15 million Kelvin (27 million F). By the time the sun's energy and heat reaches the Earth, it cools off significantly through outer space.
The corona is the outermost portion of the sun's atmosphere that contains plasma (hot ionized gas) at a temperature of two million Kelvin. The corona varies in size and shape. Corona mystery: the corona is hundreds of times hotter than the sun's surface, despite being the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere. Where does this heat come from?
The sun's magnetic field reaches throughout the solar system by way of solar wind. The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the sun or the corona. It is believed that the Sun's magnetic field is generated by electrical currents acting as a magnetic dynamo inside the Sun. These electrical currents are generated by the flow of hot, ionized gases in the Sun's convection zone.
The sun provides heat and radiation to the Earth, and provides light and energy for living things that cause biological and chemical reactions that allow life to emerge and grow. Without sunlight, life on Earth would not exist.
Sunlight is an important part of photosynthesis, where living things on Earth depend on this sunlight to grow.
Sunlight provides energy to plants for growth, and this growth supplies food to animals, which in turn supply food to other animals. Plants also absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, which is vital for life. Therefore there is a symbiosis in the relation between the sun's affect on Earth and life on Earth.
Any change in the heat or radiation level toward the Earth will change environmental conditions on Earth. The sun is the largest provider of energy to the Earth.
Nuclear fusion creates energy for the sun by fusing an enormous amount of hydrogen into helium, which produces a large amount of energy.
The Faint-Sun Paradox describes the predicted faint or weakness in temperature of the sun in the earlier age of the sun's existence that would not allow life to emerge or "evolve" and survive using mainstream time periods. The temperatures would be too cold to support life. However, in the much shorter creationist time frame of 6,000 years, this paradox is non-existent.
The "Apparent" Axial Tilt of the sun is an issue for the mainstream model of formation of the solar system, as the sun is observed to tilt at six degrees, violating solar-nebula theory. A proposed ninth planet is proposed to be causing the tilt, but the existence of this planet is uncertain.
Nebula theory predicts that the sun should be spinning much faster than it currently is and that most of the energy produced from angular momentum should be within the sun, just as most of the mass is with the sun. However, measurements show that most of the energy is with the planets.
Nebula theory also predicts that the sun and the planets should be spinning in the same plane, however, the sun has an axial tilt of six to seven degrees from the plane of the ecliptic. Therefore all of the planets are rotating in the same plane but the sun itself spins on its axis at an angle to the planets, which would violate nebula theory.
by Owen Borville
April 8, 2021
Astronomy, Science, Learning
The sun is a star and the primary light source of Earth, which orbits around the sun along with the eight other major planets in the solar system. The Earth has an elliptical orbit around the sun, where it is closer at some points in the orbit and sometimes farther away. The distance between the Earth and the sun varies at around 150 million kilometers. The Earth's orbit around the sun is a 365 day period.
The gravitational attraction of the sun keeps the Earth and the other planets in orbit, which causes our seasons and in general controls the movement of the Earth.
The Earth is located very near a position in the solar system where it is close enough to the sun to keep warm but far enough away to keep from excessive much heat. The heat that reaches the Earth from the sun is enough to sustain life but not too hot to harm life on Earth. Earth's position in the universe points toward special creation and design in contrast to random processes over long periods of time.
The Sun's diameter: 1.4 million km. Sun's distance from Earth: 150 million km (93 million miles) Sun's mass: about 2x10^30 kg: about 333,000 times the Earth mass, the largest mass in the solar system. The sun makes up 99.8 percent of the solar system's mass. The Sun has been growing over time as observed. Despite its size, the sun is not the largest star and there are larger stars. The sun is composed of about three quarters (73 percent) hydrogen, one quarter helium, and trace amounts of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen.
The sun is important to the formation of weather, clouds, rain, and winds on Earth. The sun controls weather patterns on Earth, the water cycle, and prevents the Earth from freezing further, including the oceans. The sunlight causes thunderstorms by providing heat to the surface of the Earth, while its low density pushes the heat upward, causing cold air to follow behind and producing the storm cell.
The sun's energy radiates across the solar system and onto the planets that rotate around it. The sun's core has a temperature of 15 million Kelvin (27 million F). By the time the sun's energy and heat reaches the Earth, it cools off significantly through outer space.
The corona is the outermost portion of the sun's atmosphere that contains plasma (hot ionized gas) at a temperature of two million Kelvin. The corona varies in size and shape. Corona mystery: the corona is hundreds of times hotter than the sun's surface, despite being the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere. Where does this heat come from?
The sun's magnetic field reaches throughout the solar system by way of solar wind. The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the sun or the corona. It is believed that the Sun's magnetic field is generated by electrical currents acting as a magnetic dynamo inside the Sun. These electrical currents are generated by the flow of hot, ionized gases in the Sun's convection zone.
The sun provides heat and radiation to the Earth, and provides light and energy for living things that cause biological and chemical reactions that allow life to emerge and grow. Without sunlight, life on Earth would not exist.
Sunlight is an important part of photosynthesis, where living things on Earth depend on this sunlight to grow.
Sunlight provides energy to plants for growth, and this growth supplies food to animals, which in turn supply food to other animals. Plants also absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, which is vital for life. Therefore there is a symbiosis in the relation between the sun's affect on Earth and life on Earth.
Any change in the heat or radiation level toward the Earth will change environmental conditions on Earth. The sun is the largest provider of energy to the Earth.
Nuclear fusion creates energy for the sun by fusing an enormous amount of hydrogen into helium, which produces a large amount of energy.
The Faint-Sun Paradox describes the predicted faint or weakness in temperature of the sun in the earlier age of the sun's existence that would not allow life to emerge or "evolve" and survive using mainstream time periods. The temperatures would be too cold to support life. However, in the much shorter creationist time frame of 6,000 years, this paradox is non-existent.
The "Apparent" Axial Tilt of the sun is an issue for the mainstream model of formation of the solar system, as the sun is observed to tilt at six degrees, violating solar-nebula theory. A proposed ninth planet is proposed to be causing the tilt, but the existence of this planet is uncertain.
Nebula theory predicts that the sun should be spinning much faster than it currently is and that most of the energy produced from angular momentum should be within the sun, just as most of the mass is with the sun. However, measurements show that most of the energy is with the planets.
Nebula theory also predicts that the sun and the planets should be spinning in the same plane, however, the sun has an axial tilt of six to seven degrees from the plane of the ecliptic. Therefore all of the planets are rotating in the same plane but the sun itself spins on its axis at an angle to the planets, which would violate nebula theory.
