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Sun Facts
100
If the sun were to turn off within a week, the Earth would be this temperature
What is 10 degrees Fahrenheit
100
The sun is ____ hydrogen.
What is 72%.
100
The sun is this many light years away from the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
What is 25,000 light years.
100
Mercury is this many AU's away from the sun.
What is 0.4 AU.
100
Astronomers believe the sun formed this many years ago.
What is 4.59 billion years ago.
200
In one year the sun will dip to this temperature
What is -100 degrees Fahrenheit
200
The sun is _____ helium and other trace elements.
What is 26%.
200
It takes this many years for the sun to orbit around the galactic center.
What is 240 million.
200
Earth is this many AU's further from the sun than Venus.
What is 0.3 AU.
200
In 5 billion years time, the sun will enter this phase.
What is the Red Giant Phase.
300
Millions of years later, the sun will be stable at this temperature.
What is -400 degrees Fahrenheit.
300
The dense mass of gases makes up this much of all masses in our solar system.
What is 99%.
300
Because the sun is made of this element, it rotates at varied speeds.
What is gas.
300
The furthest planet from the sun is _______ by this many AUs.
What is Pluto, by 39.5 AU.
300
This many tons of dynamite would have to be detonated every second to match the energy that the sun produces.
What is 100 billion tons.
400
The sun is getting __________.
What is hotter.
400
The suns energy _____ the solar system.
What is heats.
400
The equator regions of the sun rotate every ___ days.
What is 25 days.
400
The planet that is closest to Earth's distance from the sun in AU is.
What is Venus.
400
These are the cool parts of the suns surface. (From textbook!)
What are sunspots.
500
Every billion years, the sun becomes _____ more luminous.
What is 10%.
500
Every second, this many tons of hydrogen are converted into helium ashes by the suns fusion processes.
What is 700 million.
500
The pole regions of the sun rotate about every ___ days.
What is 36 days.
500
This is the second furthest planet from the sun.
What is Neptune.
500
This is the diameter of the sun. (From the textbook!)
What is 1 390 000 km.