The Solar System
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The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a star.

The Sun is a scorching and deadly star with a burning temperature of 5,778 K. The Sun is made up of hydrogen, helium and other elements.

There is a theory that The Sun will increase it size until it become a Red Giant in 4 billion years from now, it will swallow Mercury, Venus, and possibly our home planet Earth. It will be a scorching hot fireball floating in space after swallowing the 2 (possible 3) closest planets

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  • The Sun is 4.603 billion years old.
  • 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the Sun
  • At its centre, the Sun reachs temperatures of 15 million C.
  • The Sun is all the colours mixed together, this appears white to our eyes.
  • The Sun contains 99.86% of the mass in the Solar System.
  • The Sun is 109 times wider than the Earth and 330,000 times as massive.
  • The fact that sun turn into red giant in next 5 billion years
  • The Sun is an almost perfect sphere.
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