Fascinating Facts About Our Sun
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18 April 2024
The Sun has been in news for a number of reasons, including the recent eclipse and solar storms that hit the Earth
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There have also been a study that our solar system will eventually be crushed and a secret test to cool Earth by sending sunlight back into space
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Here are some fascinating facts about the yellow dwarf star that's the centre of our solar system
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The Sun is the biggest object in our solar system, with a distance of 695,508 kilometres from centre to surface
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It is 4.5-billion-year old and about 93 million miles (150 million kilometres) from Earth
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It contains 99.86 per cent of the mass of the entire solar system and could contain roughly 1.3 million Earths
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Due to its huge mass and strong gravity, the Sun is a near perfect sphere
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The core is the hottest part of the Sun, at 15 million degrees Celsius. This is hot enough to sustain thermonuclear fusion
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The Sun is a ball of gas and plasma - around 91 per cent of it is hydrogen gas that is fused into helium under intense heat and gravity
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Even though the Sun is not solid like Earth, it still has a rotation. On average, it takes 27 Earth days for the Sun to rotate once on its axis
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