Granulation

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5127. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Sun, Solar Atmosphere

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The mottled structure exhibited by the visible surface of the Sun, in other words the photosphere, when it is observed under good conditions. Due to convection hot gas is rising and cooler gas descending in the outer layers of the Sun, and this gives rise to the visible granules, typically 1200 km in diameter, which are about 100 K hotter than the duller regions which separate them....

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