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The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Sun

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Sun
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Publisher: Alpha
ISBN/ASIN: 1592570747
ISBN-13: 9781592570744
Number of pages: 350

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Everything revolves around it...and now skywatchers and armchair scientists can learn all about the origin and history of the sun. With information on the sun's physical properties; how solar flares, sunspots, and winds on its surface affect Earth's atmosphere and environment; solar and lunar eclipses, transits, and occultations, and early astronomers' discoveries about the sun, including Galileo, Copernicus, Francis Bailey, and the Mayans.

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