SOLAR SYSTEM SERIES : SUN FACTS

Hey, Astrophiles!!!

So, let's start with the second episode of the SOLAR SYSTEM SERIES.....

Today let's talk about the star of our solar system....

And of course you guessed it ... It's the SUN

In this episode we'll learn some FACTS about sun

SUN FACTS

Diameter : 864,337

Average distance from EARTH: 93,000,000 miles

Average surface temperature: 9932 degree F

Period of rotation: ( measured in Earth days )

25.4 days

Surface gravity : 28 ( Earth surface gravity =1)

Age = 4.6 billion years

The sun is white in colour but you will think then why it looks yellow in colour.....

It's due to the earth's atmosphere..

The sun is made up of plasma.

The Sun accounts for 99.86% of the mass in the solar system. ...

Scientists believe that the sun will consume earth after few billion years

The energy created by the Sun's core is nuclear fusion...

And did you know the SUN is travelling 220 km per second

Sun is in spherical shape

Due to it's gravity

The sun has 3 layers called

Core

Radioactive zone

Convective zone

The sun's atmosphere has 3 layers called

Photosphere

chromosphere

Corona

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