10 Fascinating Facts About Sun
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9 May 2024
Sun is a dynamic star, constantly changing and sending energy out into space
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The Sun is the largest object in our solar system. Its diameter is about 865,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers), according to NASA
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The Sun is a huge ball of hydrogen and helium held together by its own gravity
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The hottest part of the Sun is its core, where temperatures top 27 million °F (15 million °C)
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Our Sun is a medium-sized star with a radius of about 435,000 miles (700,000 kilometers)
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The Sun is located in the Milky Way galaxy in a spiral arm called the Orion Spur that extends outward from the Sagittarius arm
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As a star, the Sun doesn't have any moons, but the planets and their moons orbit the Sun
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The Sun formed about 4.6 billion years ago in a giant, spinning cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula
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The Sun doesn't have a solid surface like Earth and the other rocky planets and moons
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The Sun's atmosphere is where we see features such as sunspots, coronal holes, and solar flares
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Approximately every 11 years, the Sun's geographic poles change their magnetic polarity – that is, the north and south magnetic poles swap
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