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The Sun

The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star located at the center of our Solar System, approximately 150 million kilometers from Earth. It is 4.5 billion years old, primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, and accounts for about 99.86% of the solar system's mass. The Sun's core temperature allows for nuclear fusion, producing immense energy, and its structure includes several layers such as the core, radiative zone, and photosphere.

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The Sun

The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star located at the center of our Solar System, approximately 150 million kilometers from Earth. It is 4.5 billion years old, primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, and accounts for about 99.86% of the solar system's mass. The Sun's core temperature allows for nuclear fusion, producing immense energy, and its structure includes several layers such as the core, radiative zone, and photosphere.

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The Sun

●​ Type: G-type main-sequence star (Yellow Dwarf)


●​ Location: Center of our Solar System
●​ Distance from Earth: Approximately 150 million kilometers (93 million miles), defined as
1 Astronomical Unit (AU). Light takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth.

Characteristics and Significance:

The Sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old star that serves as the primary source of energy for life on
Earth. Despite being called a "yellow dwarf," it is quite massive and accounts for about 99.86%
of the total mass of our solar system.

●​ Composition: Primarily composed of hydrogen (about 75% of its mass) and helium
(about 25%), with trace amounts of heavier elements.
●​ Energy Production: Its core temperature reaches about 15 million degrees Celsius (27
million degrees Fahrenheit), hot enough to sustain nuclear fusion, where hydrogen
atoms fuse to form helium, releasing immense amounts of energy.
●​ Size: The Sun's diameter is about 1.4 million kilometers (865,000 miles), roughly 100
times wider than Earth. Its volume could fit approximately 1.3 million Earths.
●​ Structure: It doesn't have a solid surface but consists of several layers:h
○​ Core: Where nuclear fusion occurs.
○​ Radiative Zone: Energy is transported outwards by photons.
○​ Convection Zone: Energy is transported by the movement of plasma.
○​ Photosphere: The visible surface of the Sun, where light is emitted (around
5,500 °C or 10,000 °F).
○​ Chromosphere: A thin layer above the photosphere.
●​ ar II.
●​ Rise of New Powers: The war weakened European powers, paving the way for the rise
of the United States and the Soviet Union as global powers.
●​ Technological Advancement: Accelerated developments in military technology (tanks,
aircraft, chemical weapons).
●​ Social and Political Change: Contributed to women's suffrage movements, changes in
social structures, and strengthened independence movements in colonized territories.

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