The temperature of the corona of the Sun is:
A) very hot, about 10⁶ K.
B) about twice as hot as the photosphere, 12,000 K.
C) very cool because it is the farthest part of the Sun from the heat source.
D) about the same as that of the photosphere, 5800 K.
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