Carbon dioxide is a "molecule", an assemblage of atoms (each atom retains its identity). They are only joined at the electron level (this is what chemistry is about: events that occur at the electron level). Such "joinings" are weaker in energy and they could not survive the temperatures in the Sun (molecules do not exist inside the Sun).
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Waning and waxing are two old English word:
waxing: increasing, improving.
"waxing eloquent" = can't stop talking, talks a lot, talks well...
waning: decreasing, ending.
An old person his on his waning years.
From New Moon to Full Moon = waxing Moon.
After Full Moon = waning Moon.
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proto-
A prefix (a portion of word, attached to the front of a word -- as opposed to a suffix which gets attached at the end),
proto means "first" or "early" or "comes before"
protosun = the object that existed before it became the Sun (before fusion began at the core)
proto-English (the language that existed just before it became English)
proton = the first particle found in the nucleus of the atom.
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Spring Tides = greatest range (usually around New Moon and Full Moon)
Neap Tides = least range (usually around First Quarter or Last Quarter Moon)
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