Sun

Sun

The Sun is about 109 times wider than Earth and holds 99.8% of the solar system's mass.

The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star at the center of the solar system, born about 4.6 billion years ago from a cloud of gas and dust. Its visible surface is about 5,500°C while the core reaches roughly 15 million °C, where hydrogen fuses into helium. At about 1.39 million km across it is 109 times wider than Earth, and in roughly 5 billion years it is expected to swell into a red giant that engulfs Mercury and Venus.

Observed data

Diameter
1,391,400 km
Surface temp.
5500°C
Gravity
274 m/s²

Observed by

  • SOHO
  • SDO
  • Parker Solar Probe

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