13 Facts About the Sun

The sun is the source of life on earth. Without it, there would be no lunch, no living plants, and much more. As the center of the solar system, the giant ball has a lot of interesting facts. We saw 13 of them.



1. The sun is just one of 200 billion stars that dot the Milky Way (Milky Way). That compared with a galaxy, not including the billions of other galaxies in the universe.

2. Earth receives energy is very large, up to 94 billion Megawatts from the Sun. This equates to 40 thousand times the energy that animates the United States.

3. Every second, the Sun release five million tonnes of material, including hydrogen and helium.

4. Temperatures in the sun's core is estimated to reach 14 million Kelvin, equivalent to 13 million degrees Celsius. Heat was unimaginable.

5. The energy produced from the core of the Sun, it takes 50 million years to reach the Sun's surface. If the sun stopped production now, the new beings on Earth will feel the effect of 50 million years.



6. Diameter of the Sun is equivalent to 109 times the diameter of Earth.

7. If the sun is like a beach ball, the equivalent size of a golf ball Jupiter, and Earth just for peanuts.

8. Unlike Earth, the Sun completely made ​​of gas. In other words, there is no solid surface on the Sun.

9. Sun light takes 8.3 minutes to reach the Earth.

10. Solar rotation speed (velocity) is very fast, 383 miles per second.

11. To deliver light to the outermost planet, Pluto, the Sun takes 5.5 hours.

12. The sun rotates or spins on its axis once a day for 25.38 Earth time.

13. Sun and planet system orbiting the center inside the Milky Way once every 240 million years.

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