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A Commonplace Star

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In 1911 the Sun shed its unique role in humanity’s universe and joined the ranks of several million G2V yellow dwarf stars; whatever the resulting loss of prestige by association, humanity has thereby gained greatly in its understanding of solar history and probable future by analogy with kindred stars and the calibration of models of solar evolution. The Sun’s composition and inner workings were revealed by spectroscopy and nuclear physics; advances in solar physics and chemistry illuminate other stars, solar systems and galaxies, to the benefit of our cosmic understanding. Numerous devices now monitor the Sun, their development prompted by necessity as well as curiosity.

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Vita-Finzi, C. (2018). A Commonplace Star. In: The Sun Today. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04079-6_1

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