THE STAR OF WHICH WE LIVE
The colors of our sun
You may have noticed: the sun ball is painted yellow, the sun paint on the information board is but orange. This raises the question: What color has the sun? Given that the sun at sunrise or sunset can also light up red.
If you are interested in this question, please read the text with this link! (only in german)
Mass |
1.99·1030 kg (333.333 Earth masses) |
Diameter |
1.391.000 km (109 Diameter of the Earth) |
Mean densitiy |
1.41 g/cm3 (¼ the Density of the Earth) |
Siderial rotation period |
25.38 Days (26° heliographic latitude). 24.47 Days (Equator) |
Surface temperature |
about 6.000 °C |
Links:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
DLR: http://www.dlr.de/RPIF/sonne0.shtml
Jet Propulsion Laboratory: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/target/Sun
Sponsered by: Benediktinerabtei Scheyern
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