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The Sun is our nearest star. It is important for astronomy because many phenomena which can only be studied indirectly in other stars can be directly observed in the Sun (e.g. stellar rotation, starspots, the structure of the stellar surface). Our present picture of the Sun is based both on observations and on theoretical calculations. Some observations of the Sun disagree with the theoretical solar models. The details of the models will have to be changed, but the general picture should remain valid.
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Karttunen, H., Kröger, P., Oja, H., Poutanen, M., Donner, K.J. (2017). The Sun. In: Karttunen, H., Kröger, P., Oja, H., Poutanen, M., Donner, K. (eds) Fundamental Astronomy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53045-0_13
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