The Sun By Jeffrey Richards How big is

The Sun By Jeffrey Richards

How big is the sun? FThe Sun is 875, 000 miles across FThe sun’s mass is 1. 98892 × 1030 kilograms The Sun's diameter is around 1. 4 million km

Earth Compared to sun FApproximately one million Earths can fit inside the Sun. FThe sun is 109 times wider than the earth. FThe surface area of Sun is equivalent to that of 11990 earths

Surface of the sun FThe dark spots on the sun are called “sun spots” these are the cooler areas of the sun.

What is the sun made of? FThe sun is made of plasma, almost entirely hydrogen and helium.

Sun’s rotation FThe Sun spins around once every 27. 4 days.

Layers of the sun FThe sun is made up of 6 major layers. FThe corona is the outermost lay than moving in you have the Chromosphere, Photosphere, Convection Zone, Radiative Zone, and the Core

Visible stars FThe sun is among 6000 stars that are visible from earth to the naked eye

The Sun’s Temperature FThe Sun's temperature at its core is 14 million Kelvin.

Distance FThe average distance from earth to the sun is 1 astronomical unit (or AU). This is established as 149, 597, 870. 7 kilometers (92, 955, 887. 6 miles).

Light Travel FThe light takes 8. 3 minutes to travel from the Sun to Earth.

Gravitational pull FThe Sun’s gravitational pull is what keeps all the planets in orbit with the sun. FThe gravitational pull is so strong that is can keep Pluto which is 5. 9 billion kilometers away in orbit.

Orbiting the galaxy FThe Sun orbits around the center of our Milky Way galaxy once every 240 million years. FThe Sun has circled the Milky Way galaxy for about 20 times only since it's formation.

Sun’s magnetic poles FEvery eleven years, the magnetic poles of the Sun switch. This cycle is called "Solarmax".

Sources The Essential Comsmic Perspective. 4 th edition. Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, and Voit. http: //www. goldenkstar. com/facts /sun-interesting-facts. htm nineplanets. org/sol. html