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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sun

What is the lighter region surrounding a sunspot's dark core called?

Answer

Penumbra

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sun

What term describes the Sun's different rotation rates at different latitudes?

Answer

Differential rotation

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sun

What is the light travel time from the Sun to Earth in minutes?

Answer

8.3 minutes

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sun

What is the Sun's surface gravity in Earth g's?

Answer

28

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sun

What is the Sun's mass in kilograms?

Answer

1.989 × 10^30 kg

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Sun

What is the Sun's radius in kilometers?

Answer

695,700 km

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Richard Feynman

In what year was Richard Feynman elected to the National Academy of Sciences?

Answer

1954

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Richard Feynman

What artist was a close friend of Richard Feynman?

Answer

Jirayr Zorthian

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Richard Feynman

In what year did Richard Feynman propose the parton model?

Answer

1969

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Richard Feynman

In what year was Richard Feynman elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society?

Answer

1965

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Richard Feynman

What ancient writing system did Richard Feynman study?

Answer

Mayan hieroglyphs

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Richard Feynman

At which university did Richard Feynman teach before joining Caltech?

Answer

Cornell University

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