7 Burning Facts About the Sun

By MindStick

Most scientists believe that the Sun is about the same age as Earth and all the other seven planets of the Solar System

The sun born due to the collapse of part of a giant molecular cloud that consisted mostly of hydrogen and helium

The official scientific classification of sun is G2V

It consists of 74.9 percent hydrogen, 23.8 percent helium, and 2 percent heavier elements such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, and neon

The primary fuel of sun is Hydrogen.

At the Sun's core, temperatures reach at least 27,000,000 °F (15,000,000 °C)

The surface of the Sun has an average temperature of 9,941 °F (5,505 °C or 5,778 K)

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