Sunday 27 November 2011

The Sun




The sun is one of billions of stars in the universe. It is also the biggest star in our solar system.  Every second a star like our sun converts 4million tonnes of its material into heat and light. The sun is 1.392 million kilometers in diameter. The sun is also known as a yellow dwarf star. The heat and light from the sun makes Earth a good place to live. The sun is a very large ball of gas. The Sun is quite small and has a yellowish colour.

FACTS:

  • The suns diameter is 1.4 kilometers
  • Core temperate 15 million degrees
  • Surface temperature 6 thousand degrees
  • The distance from Earth is 150 million kilometers

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