Star
Sun
The G2V main-sequence star at the centre of the Solar System. It holds 99.86% of the system's mass and converts ~4 million tonnes of matter into energy every second through hydrogen fusion in its core.
| Type | Star |
|---|---|
| Radius | 695,700 km · 109 R⊕ |
| Mass | 1.989 × 10³⁰ kg · 333,000 M⊕ |
| Mean density | 1.41 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 274 m/s² · 28 × Earth |
| Escape velocity | 618 km/s |
| Rotation period | 25.4 days |
| Temperature | 5,772 K (5,499 °C) |
| Spectral class | G2V |
| Luminosity | 1 L☉ (3.828×10²⁶ W) |
| Age | ~4.6 billion years |
| Photosphere temperature | 5772 K |
Through a telescope from Earth
Bodies orbiting it
- Mercury Planet
- Venus Planet
- Earth Planet
- Mars Planet
- Jupiter Planet
- Saturn Planet
- Uranus Planet
- Neptune Planet
- Ceres Dwarf Planet
- Vesta Asteroid
- Eris Dwarf Planet
- Haumea Dwarf Planet
- Makemake Dwarf Planet
- Gonggong Dwarf Planet
- Quaoar Dwarf Planet
- Orcus Dwarf Planet
- Sedna Dwarf Planet
- 1P/Halley Comet
- 65803 Didymos Asteroid
- 3200 Phaethon Asteroid
- 55P/Tempel-Tuttle Comet
- 2P/Encke Comet
- 8P/Tuttle Comet
- Voyager 1 Spacecraft
- Voyager 2 Spacecraft
- Pioneer 10 Spacecraft
- Pioneer 11 Spacecraft
- New Horizons Spacecraft
- Parker Solar Probe Spacecraft