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.
For more information on our Sun, visit the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory at NASA.