Sun

Star Profile:

Age:

4.6 Billion Years

Type:

Yellow Dwarf (G2V)

Diameter:

1,392,684 km

Mass:

1.99 × 10^30 kg (333,060 Earths)

Surface Temp:

5,500 °C

Quick Facts:

• At its centre the Sun reaches temperatures of 15 million °C
• The Sun is 4.6 billion years old
• The Sun is all the colours mixed together, this appears white to our eyes
• The Sun is mostly composed of hydrogen (70%) and Helium (28%)
• The Sun is 109 times wider than the Earth and 330,000x as massive.

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