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the National Geographic Society
This website provides basic information about the sun, including the source of its energy, the names of its parts, and the matter it gives off. An interactive feature, Sun Stats, includes a diagram of the solar system and an animation of the sun's surface.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=12675">National Geographic Society. Sun. Washington: National Geographic Society, 2000.</a>
![]() (National Geographic Society, Washington, 2000), WWW Document, (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/the-sun/).
![]() Sun (National Geographic Society, Washington, 2000), <https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/the-sun/>.
![]() Sun. (2000). Retrieved March 17, 2025, from National Geographic Society: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/the-sun/
![]() National Geographic Society. Sun. Washington: National Geographic Society, 2000. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/the-sun/ (accessed 17 March 2025).
![]() Sun. Washington: National Geographic Society, 2000. 17 Mar. 2025 <https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/the-sun/>.
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Title = {Sun},
Publisher = {National Geographic Society},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {17 March 2025},
Year = {2000}
}
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