08-15-2011, 05:24 AM
Facts About the Sun
The diameter of the Sun is 1.4 million km (870,000 miles).
If you weigh 100 lbs, your weight on the Sun would be 2707 lbs. (multiply your actual weight by 27).
The inner core is the hottest part of the Sun, and can reach 27 billion F.
The Sun is already 4.6 billion years old and it is estimated that it will continue doing so for another 5 to 6 billion years.
The Sunâs distance from the Earth is 150 million km (93 million miles).
It is 1,287,000 times bigger than a solitary Earth.
Every second, the Sun converts around four million tons of hydrogen into energy.
One complete solar rotation takes 27.4 days.
The diameter of the Sun is 1.4 million km (870,000 miles).
If you weigh 100 lbs, your weight on the Sun would be 2707 lbs. (multiply your actual weight by 27).
The inner core is the hottest part of the Sun, and can reach 27 billion F.
The Sun is already 4.6 billion years old and it is estimated that it will continue doing so for another 5 to 6 billion years.
The Sunâs distance from the Earth is 150 million km (93 million miles).
It is 1,287,000 times bigger than a solitary Earth.
Every second, the Sun converts around four million tons of hydrogen into energy.
One complete solar rotation takes 27.4 days.
