Answer to Question #202916 in Astronomy | Astrophysics for Prachi

Question

What is the nature of radiation generated in the Sun’s interior? How does it differ from the radiation we receive from the Sun? What causes granulation of the photosphere?

Answer 1

The nature of radiation generated in the Sun’s interior is electromagnetic.

It is different from the radiation we receive from the Sun not in nature, but in characteristics: amplitude, wavelength, frequency.

Convection currents cause the granulation in the photosphere