Sun Facts!
picture courtesy of http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/sun/sun_1.html
Temperature of the sun: 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit!
Radius of the sun: 696,000 km
Mass of the sun: 1.99 e30 kg
Time for Rotation: 25-35 days
Size of the sun compared to earth: sun is over 100 times larger!
Distance from the sun to earth: 150 million km
Time for light to travel from the sun to earth: 8.5 minutes
What the sun is made up of: 70% hydrogen & 28% helium
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