Facts about The Sun

Facts about the Sun You may think you know everything about the sun just because you see it every day, but there are a lot of amazing facts about the sun that you may not know very well - just like that it already is a middle-aged star and how will continue... More

Facts about the Sun You may think you know everything about the sun just because you see it every day, but there are a lot of amazing facts about the sun that you may not know very well - just like that it already is a middle-aged star and how will continue to live on perhaps for more than four billion years, or that like the earth, the sun also rotates - not every 24 hours, but every 27 days. One of the best known facts about the sun is that it is hot. But just exactly how hot it is, not everyone always knows or remembers. The sun’s surface has a temperature of about 5,540°C, while its core is about 15 million °C high. Now remember that water reaches its boiling point at only a hundred degrees Celsius. Among the details about the sun that make it more comprehensible for people is the comparison between its dimensions and that of the earth’s. In terms of size, it can be said that a million earths could actually fit inside the sun. It is also more than 300,000 times heavier than Less