Sun
Period of Rotation 25-36 Earth Days
Radius: 695,000 km
Mass: 1.989e+30 kg
Major Atmospheric Gas: Hydrogen
  • The Sun is 4.6 billion years old and is a class G2 star.
  • As the largest body in the Solar System, the Sun could hold over a million Earths in its interior.
  • The Sun is primarily composed of hydrogen (92.1%), and helium (7.8%), with traces of oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, neon, and other elements.
  • Temperatures reach a scorching 15 million K at the core of the Sun.

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