1. Thought Sun is yellow
2. Thought Sun is orange
3. Thought Sun is yellow throughout its volume
4. Thought Sun only emits one color of light
5. Thought Sun is white
6. Thought Sun is red
7. Thought Sun is a combination of red, yellow, and orange
1. Thought the Sun is the hottest object in the galaxy
2. Thought the Sun's surface temp is much hotter than it actually is
3. Thought the Sun is hottest on its surface
4. Thought Sun is the hottest star
5. Thought that as the Sun got larger, it will also get hotter
6. Thought it gets continually cooler the higher you get above the photosphere
7. Thought Sun is cooler than it actually is
8. Thought Sun has the same temperature throughout its volume
9. Thought the Sun will continually heat up, forever
10. Thought the Sun's interior is uniform in temperature
11. Thought the Sun is the hottest object in the universe
12. Thought we could not measure the temperature of the Sun because the thermometer would melt
1. Thought Sun is brightest star
2. Thought the Sun is the brightest object in the universe
2. Thought Sun's surface is perfectly uniform
3. Thought you can look at the Sun and not go blind
1. Thought solar flares are "popping" of burning gases
2. Thought filaments and prominences are completely different features
3. Thought solar flares are volcanos erupting
4. Thought Sun is an "extraordinary" star
5. Thought the Sun's surface is smooth
6. Thought solar flares are rare
7. Thought we see all of the Sun, not just its "surface"
8. Thought Fusion occurs at the surface of the Sun
9. Thought the Solar wind is caused by comets
10. Thought that ejections from the Sun do not reach the Earth
1. Thought Sun is much denser than the Earth
2. Thought Sun had much less than 99% of the mass in the solar system
3. Thought Sun is much denser than it actually is
4. Thought Sun is gaining mass
5. Thought Sun will remain the same mass forever
6. Thought the Sun was most of the mass in the universe
1. Thought Sun is getting smaller (running out of fuel)
2. Thought Sun is smallest star
3. Thought Sun is smaller than it actually is
4. Thought Sun is the largest star
5. Thought Sun is the largest "body"
6. Thought Sun is a giant star
7. Thought Sun will remain same size forever
8. Thought Sun does not lose mass (has no solar wind)
9. Thought Sun is a supergiant
10. Thought there are few stars that are larger than the Sun
1. Thought the Sun is molten lava
2. Thought the Sun's interior is homogeneous
3. Thought the Sun is just composed of H and He
4. Thought the Sun has terrestrial composition
5. Thought the Sun did not have a magnetic field
6. Thought the Sun is mostly iron
7. Thought the Sun had a solid core
8. Thought the Sun is solid
9. Thought the Sun has a solid surface
10. Thought the Sun is liquid
11. Thought the Sun has more helium than hydrogen
12. Thought the Sun is mostly metal
13. Thought the Sun has only one layer
1. Thought that the Sun doesn't move (through galaxy or because of planet motions)
2. Thought that the Sun doesn't rotate
3. Thought that the Sun rotates rigidly
4. Thought that the Sun it at the center of the Earth's elliptical orbit
5. Thought that the Sun is at center of celestial sphere
6. Thought that the Sun is at center of universe
7. Thought that the Sun is at center of the Milky Way galaxy
8. Thought that the Sun is closer to Earth than it actually is
9. Thought that the Sun is farther away than it actually is
10. Thought that the Sun's highest point in the sky (noon) is called the zenith
11. Thought that the Sun always sets due west
12. Thought that the Sun always rises due east
13. Thought that the Sun pass through all constellations
14. Thought the Sun rotates faster than the Earth
15. Thought the Sun always rises to the same height
16. Thought the Sun is eight million light years away
17. Thought the Sun is the furthest star from Earth
18. Thought the Sun is directly overhead at noon everywhere
19. Thought the Sun is due south wherever it is noontime
1. Thought Sun formed billions of years before the Earth
2. Thought the Sun will burn or last forever
3. Thought Sun is continually getting dimmer
4. Thought after Sun's core is converted to helium, Sun will immediately become a white dwarf, never a red giant
5. Thought Sun will die, go out, and not explode
6. Thought Sun will blow up, become a black hole, and swallow the universe
7. Thought Sun is going to explode as a nova
8. Thought the Sun will explode as a supernova
9. Thought the Sun will blow up with a bigger explosion than it actually will
10. Thought it possible Sun could explode in "near future."
11. Thought Sun will disappear completely after it explodes
12. Thought Sun will burn out in less than 5 billion years
13. Thought Sun will blow up in a billion years
14. Thought the Sun will never expand
15. Thought the Sun will become a black hole
16. Thought the Sun will disappear by burning up all of it fuel
17. Thought the Sun will get smaller as it uses its fuel
18. Thought the Sun will turn into water (by burning Hydrogen)
19. Thought the Sun formed at the big bang
1. Thought the Sun is "burning" or is "on" fire
2. Thought the Sun is a "heat" planet
3. Thought Sun's energy is created on its surface
4. Thought the Sun is the only source of light in the galaxy -- Sunlight reflects off planets and stars so we can see them
5. Thought solar radiation rate is constant throughout the years (no Sunspot cycle)
6. Thought photons escape from the Sun's core more quickly than they actually do
7. Thought Sun's energy is due to explosions
8. Thought the Sun fuses Helium ® Carbon
9. Thought Sun's light is due to explosions on its surface
10. Thought the Sun emits only visible light
11. Thought the Sun output more energy than any other object in the universe
12. Thought the Sun's light is reflected light
13. Thought the Sun only emits visible and UV radiation
14. Thought the Sun initially produces visible light
1. Thought the solar wind is a strong wind that blows all over the universe
2. Though the solar wind is intermittent, not continuous, albeit variable
3. Thought solar wind is a dense wind like we experience here on Earth
4. Thought solar wind is like wind on Earth
5. Thought Sun loses significant matter via solar wind
6. Thought solar wind is composed of photons
7. Thought the Sun has no atmosphere
8. Thought the photosphere is the atmosphere
9. Thought the solar wind comes from asteroids
1. Thought Sunspots are hotter places on Sun, not cooler
2. Thought Sunspots indicate that the Sun is getting cooler each year and will eventually become too cool to support life
3. Thought the Sunspot cycle is 11 years
4. Thought Sunspots are permanent
5. Thought Sunspots occur randomly
6. Thought Sunspots are where meteors crash (or are craters) into the Sun
7. Thought Sunspots are optical illusions due to staring at the Sun
8. Thought Sunspots are blemishes on photographs
9. Thought Sunspots are just "discolorations" to the Sun's surface
10. Thought Sunspots are regions of high temperature
11. Thought Sunspots are regions of soot on the Sun
12. Thought Sunspots are black regions on the Sun
13. Thought Sunspots are volcanic in origin
14. Thought Sunspots are explosions on the Sun's surface
15. Thought Sunspots are mythical
16. Thought Sunspots are storms on the Sun's surface
17. Thought Sunspots are regions with more gas than normal
18. Thought Sunspots are cool regions of the Sun's surface (without magnetic fields)
19. Thought Sunspots occur on an Earth season based cycle
20. Thought Sunspots are an increase of material on the Sun
21. Thought Sunspots are holes on the surface of the Sun
22. Thought Sunspots are intensely bright regions
23. Thought Sunspots are firestorms
24. Thought there is no Sunspot cycle
25. Thought Sunspots are regions of the universe that affect the Sun
26. Thought Sunspots are places on the Sun that have run out of fuel to burn
27. Thought Sunspots are stationary
28. Thought Sunspots are spots on the skin darkened by the Sun
1. Thought the Sun is a specific type of astronomical body with its own properties. It is not a star
2. Thought the Sun is a bunch of stars
3. Thought the Sun is closest planet
4. Thought the Sun is held together by some force other than gravity
5. Thought the Sun is spherical
6. Thought the Sun is a planet
7. Thought the Sun is a chunk of plasma that is blowing up
8. Thought the Sun is a white dwarf
9. Thought we see the core of the Sun
10. Thought the photosphere is the outermost layer
11. Thought the Sun's light reaches us instantly
12. Thought that it is never dangerous to look at the Sun