• Key Information

  • Sun

  • Type
    Star
  • Diameter
    865,372 miles
  • Temperature
    9,900 °F
  • Star Type
    G2V - Yellow dwarf
  • Date of Discovery
    Unknown
  • Learning Point
  • Our Sun is the source of the light and energy that our planet receives, is central to our solar system, and is a relatively small star, but ideally designed for what the Earth needs.
  • Project
  • Find a diagram of the Sun is like inside and create a diagram of it.
  • Location
  • Located in
    Solar System, Milky Way
  • Fun Facts
  • Yellow dwarf stars are a lot smaller than the largest stars in the universe, but larger than the most common stars, the red dwarves.
  • The sun has a diameter around 870,000 miles, making it significantly larger than all the planets combined.
  • One million earths could fit inside the sun.
  • The Sun is almost a perfect sphere. Considering the sheer size of the Sun, there is only a 6 mile difference in its polar and equatorial diameters – this makes it the closest thing to a perfect sphere observed in nature.