Do you know these facts about the Sun?
16 "Facts" about the Sun: - 1. The sun is 400 times larger than the moon but is 400 times further away from Earth, making them appear the same size.
2. Only half a billion of the energy released by the sun reaches Earth.
3. One million Earths can fit inside the sun.
4. The sunset on Mars appears blue.
5. The hottest planet is not the closest planet to the Sun. Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, it is not actually the hottest. Mercury does not have any atmosphere, meaning that this planet is only hot in the daytime when it is directly facing the Sun.
6. If you would place a pinhead sized piece of the Sun on the Earth, you would die from standing within 145 km (90 miles) from it.
7. The Sun is 400 times larger than the Moon but is 400 times further away from Earth, making them appear the same size.
8. Seasons last 21 years on Uranus while each pole has 42 years of sunlight followed by 42 years of darkness.
9. The pistol star is the most luminous star known 10 million times the brightness of the Sun.
10. Only 55% of all Americans know that the Sun is a star.
11. Because of the speed the Sun moves at, solar eclipses can last at most 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
12. All the coal, oil, gas, wood and fuel on Earth would only keep the Sun burning for a few days.
13. A single Quasar produces the same amount of energy as 1 trillion suns.
14. Only half a billionth of the energy released by the Sun reaches Earth.
15. The light emitting from the Sun is actually 30,000 years old.
16. The Sun - in fact, our whole solar system - orbits around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. We are moving at an average velocity of 828,000 km/hr. But even at that high rate, it still takes us about 230 million years to make one complete orbit around the Milky Way!
