The Sun

Just an Ordinary Star

Distance: Varies, about 93,000,000 miles
Size: 875,000 miles
Temperature: Core 10 million degrees, Surface 5800 degrees.
Age: 4.5 billion years.
Rotational Period: Equator 25 days, Poles 36 days.

Learn more about the sun:
http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun

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	6.28.2006
	8.15.2006 Note the two sunspots near center.
	A closeup of the sunpots shown above. 8.15.2006
	The Sun photographed on negative film in1999.
The Planets Learn more about the solar system: http://www.nineplanets.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system Jupiter Jupiter is a gas giant, the largest planet in our solar system. Learn more about Jupiter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
	A film image from 1999.
	Jupiter with its sulfur moon Io (tiny red dot at lower left.
Saturn Saturns rings are composed of ice particles. Learn more about Saturn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
	A film image from 1999.
	2.9.2006
	2.9.2006
	2.9.2006
Venus Earth's sister. Learn more about Venus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
	The Moon and Venus just after sunset. 3.21.2007

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