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Sun: Facts & Figures
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Metric: 695,500 km |
English: 432,200 miles |
Scientific Notation: 6.955 x 105 km |
By Comparison: 109 x that of Earth |
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Metric: 4,379,000 km |
English: 2,715,000 miles |
Scientific Notation: 4.36 x 106 km |
By Comparison: 109 x that of Earth |
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Metric: 1,412,200,000,000,000,000 km3 |
English: 2.7403 x 1017 mi3 |
Scientific Notation: 1.412 x 1018 km3 |
By Comparison: 1,300,000 Earths |
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Metric: 1,989,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg |
English: 4,385,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 lbs |
Scientific Notation: 1.989 x 1030 kg |
By Comparison: 332,900 x Earth's |
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Metric: 1.409 g/cm3 |
By Comparison: 0.255 that of Earth |
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Metric: 6,087,799,000,000 km2 |
English: 2,347,000,000,000 square miles |
Scientific Notation: 6.0877 x 1012 km2 |
By Comparison: 11,990 Earths |
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Equatorial Surface Gravity |
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Metric: 274.0 m/s2 |
English: 899.0 ft/s2 |
Scientific Notation: 2.740 x 102 m/s2 |
By Comparison: 28 x Earth's surface gravity |
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Metric: 2,223,720 km/h |
English: 1,381,760 mph |
Scientific Notation: 6.177 x 105 m/s |
By Comparison: 55 x Earth |
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Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day) |
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25.38 Earth days |
609.12 hours |
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Minimum/Maximum Surface Temperature |
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Metric: 5,500 °C |
English: 10,000 °F |
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Metric: 5504 °C |
English: 9939 °F |
Scientific Notation: 5777 K |
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Additional Information:
Spectral Type: G2 V Luminosity: 3.83 x 10 33 ergs/sec.
Age: 4.6 Billion Years
Composition: 92.1% Hydrogen, 7.8%Helium
Synodic Period: 27.2753 days
Rotation Period at Equator: 26.8 days
Rotation Period at Poles: 36 days
Velocity Relative to Near Stars: 19.7 km/s
Mean Distance to Earth: 149.60 million km (92.96 million mi)
(1 astronomical unit)
Solar Constant (Total Solar Irradiance): 1.365 - 1.369 kW/m 2 (at the mean distance of the earth from the Sun, about one AU)
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