The Sun
The sun is the largest object in our solar system.
It contains 99.86% of it's mass. It's an averaged sized star, with some stars being much smaller and others much larger.
Sun Facts
- Equatorial Diameter: 1,392,700 km
- Polar Diameter: 1,383,684 km
- Mass: 1.989 x 10^30 kg (333,000 Earths)
- Distance From Earth: 149.6 million km
- Star Type: Yellow Dwarf
- Light Travel Time To Earth: 8 minutes 20 seconds
- Surface Temperature: 5,500°C
- First Record: Prehistoric