What is the nature and extent of the oscillations and waves in the Sun?
A) There are many millions of pure "tones" or frequencies.
B) They have one very specific frequency, the resonant frequency of the Sun, whose period is close to 5 minutes.
C) There are several billion known frequencies or "tones."
D) There are now 10 known harmonics of the resonant frequency of the Sun, all at very specific frequencies.
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