Interesting Infographic - Fun About The Sun

Interesting Facts about The Sun Infographic.

• The Sun's energy output is 386 billion billion megawatt.
• The Earth receives 94 billion megawatt of energy from Sun. This is equivalent to 40,000 times the power requirement of United states.
• The reaction taking place in Sun is nuclear fusion, same as a Hydrogen bomb.
• Each second 700 million tons of Hydrogen are converted to 695 million tons of Helium and 5 million tons of energy in the form of gamma rays.
• Each second the Sun loses 5 million tons of material.
• The Sun's temperature at its core is 14 million Kelvin.
• The pressure at the Sun's core is 340 billion times the pressure at the Earth's atmosphere.
• The density of matter at the Sun's core is about 150 times the density of water in the Earth.
• It takes up to 50 million years for the energy produced at the core of the Sun to reach its surface
• It makes up around 99.86% of the Solar System’s mass.
• At around 1,392,000 kilometres (865,000 miles) wide, the Sun’s diameter is about 110 times wider than Earth’s.
• Around 74% of the Sun’s mass is made up of hydrogen. Helium makes up around 24% while heavier elements such as oxygen, carbon, iron and neon make up the remaining percentage.
• Light from the Sun reaches Earth in around 8 minutes.
• The Sun’s surface temperature is around 5500 degrees Celsius (9941 degrees Fahrenheit), so pack plenty of sunscreen if you plan on visiting (remembering that the average distance from the Sun to the Earth is around 150 million kilometers).
• The Sun’s core is around 13600000 degrees Celsius!

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