Wednesday, January 19, 2011

the sun

This is a solar flare.                          
   • The sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system.

   • They say the sun is half way through it's lifetime.

   • The sun is 149.60 million kilometers away.

   • At the sun's core  it is about 27 million degrees F.

   •A person that weighs 150 pounds would way 4,200 lbs. on the sun.

   • The gravity on the sun is 28 times more than on earth.

   • All planets orbit counter clock wise .

   • The sun rotates on it's axis about once every 26 days

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