The Sun
By: Dhara Shelat
Some Extra Information About the Sun
- A star
- Helps support life on Earth
- No solid surface
- Lights and heats up our world
- The sun's core is over 15 million degrees celsius
- The sun is actually blue
Physical Features
- The solar atmosphere
- Sunspots- slightly cooler and darker areas that cause magnetic energy
- Solar Flares- bursts of radiation caused by magnetic energy
- Solar Flares can cause radio blackouts
- About 149,000,000 km or 92,000,000 mi away from Earth
- Almost 110 times diameter of Earth
- More than 1 million Earth's can fit inside of the sun
- There is currently more solar activity than before
Movement of the Sun
- The sun revolves, or spins, on its axis
- No solid surface so different parts of the sun revolve at different times
- Middle completes 1 revolution every 25 days while poles and axis completes 1 every 36 days
- Orbits center of Milky Way galaxy which is believed to be a huge black hole
Location of the Sun
- Orbited by 8 planets, at least 5 dwarf planets, thousands of asteroids, and over 3 trillion comets
- 26,000 light years away from the center of the galaxy