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|+ style="font-size:larger;" | '''The Sun''' [[Image:Sun symbol.svg|25px]]
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #000000;" | [[Image:Sun920607.jpg|270px|The Sun]]
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! bgcolor="#ffffc0" colspan="2" | '''Observation data'''
|-
| Mean distance<br/><small>from [[Earth]]</small>
| [[1 E11 m|1.496]]{{e|11}}&nbsp;m<br><small>8.31 min at [[speed of light|light speed]]</small>
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| [[Apparent magnitude|Visual brightness]]&nbsp;(V)
| &minus;26.74<sup>m</sup> <ref name=nssdc>[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/sunfact.html NASA "Sun Fact Sheet"]</ref>
|-
| [[Absolute magnitude]]
| 4.83<sup>m</sup> <ref name=nssdc/>
|-
| [[Spectral classification]]
| G2V
|-
! bgcolor="#ffffc0" colspan="2" | '''[[Orbit]]al characteristics'''
|-
| Mean distance<br/><small>from [[Milky Way]] core</small>
| ~2.5{{e|20}}&nbsp;m<br/><small>26,000 [[light-year]]s</small>
|-
| [[Galaxy|Galactic]] period
| 2.25–2.50{{e|8}} [[julian year (astronomy)|a]]
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| Velocity
| 2.17{{e|5}}&nbsp;m/s<small><br />(orbit around the center of the Galaxy)</small><br>2{{e|4}}&nbsp;m/s<br/><small>(relative to average velocity of other stars in stellar neighborhood)</small>
|-
! bgcolor="#ffffc0" colspan="2" | '''Physical characteristics'''
|-
| Mean diameter
| [[1 E9 m|1.392]]{{e|9}}&nbsp;m <ref name=nssdc/><br/><small>109 Earths</small>
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| Equatorial radius
| 6.955{{e|8}}&nbsp;m <ref name=sse>[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sun&Display=Facts&System=Metric Sun:Facts & figures] NASA Solar System Exploration page</ref>
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| Equatorial circumference
| [[1 E9 m|4.379]]{{e|9}}&nbsp;m <ref name=sse/>
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| [[Oblate spheroid|Oblateness]]
| 9{{e|&minus;6}}
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| Surface area
| [[1 E+18 m²|6.088]]{{e|18}}&nbsp;m² <ref name=sse/><br/><small>11,900 Earths</small>
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| Volume
| [[1 E+27 m³|1.4122]]{{e|27}}&nbsp;m³ <ref name=sse/><br/><small>1,300,000 Earths</small>
|-
| Mass
| <!--1.988435 Someone please cite this before implementing it.-->1.9891 {{e|30}}&nbsp;kg<ref name=nssdc/><br/><small>332,946 Earths</small>
|-
| Average density
| 1.409 {{e|3}}&nbsp;kg/m³ <ref name=sse/>
|-
| Equatorial [[surface gravity]]
| 274.0&nbsp;m/s<sup>2</sup> <ref name=nssdc/><br/>27.94 [[g-force|''g'']]
|-
| [[Escape velocity]]<br><small>(from the surface)</small>
| 617.7&nbsp;km/s <ref name=sse/><br/><small>55 Earths</small>
|-
| Temperature<br/><small>of surface (effective)</small>
| 5,778&nbsp;[[kelvin|K]] <ref name=nssdc/>
|-
| Temperature<br><small>of [[corona]]</small>
| ~5,000,000 K<br/>
|-
| Temperature<br/><small>of core</small>
| ~15,710,000 K <ref name=nssdc/>
|-
| [[Luminosity]] (L<sub>sol</sub>)
| 3.846{{e|26}}&nbsp;[[watt|W]] <ref name=nssdc/><br/><small>~3.75{{e|28}}&nbsp;[[lumen (unit)|lm]]</small><br/><small>~98&nbsp;lm/W [[Luminous efficacy|efficacy]]</small>
|-
| Mean [[Radiance|Intensity]]&nbsp;(I<sub>sol</sub>)
| 2.009{{e|7}}&nbsp;W m<sup>-2</sup> sr<sup>-1</sup>
|-
! bgcolor="#ffffc0" colspan="2" | '''[[Rotation]] characteristics'''
|-
| [[Obliquity]]
| 7.25° <ref name=nssdc/><br/><small>(to the [[ecliptic]])</small><br>67.23°<br/><small>(to the [[Milky Way|galactic plane]])</small>
|-
| [[Right ascension]]<br/><small>of North pole<ref name="iau-iag">{{cite web
|url=http://www.hnsky.org/iau-iag.htm
|title=Report Of The IAU/IAG Working Group On Cartographic Coordinates And Rotational Elements Of The Planets And Satellites: 2000
|accessdate=2006-03-22
|first=P. K.
|last=Seidelmann
|coauthors=V. K. Abalakin; M. Bursa; M. E. Davies; C. de Bergh; J. H. Lieske; J. Oberst; J. L. Simon; E. M. Standish; P. Stooke; P. C. Thomas
|year=2000}}</ref></small>
| 286.13°<br><small>19 h 4 min 30 s</small>
|-
| [[Declination]]<br/><small>of North pole</small>
| +63.87°<br><small>63°52' North</small>
|-
| Sidereal [[Solar rotation|Rotation period]]<br><small>(at 16° latitude)</small>
| 25.38 days <ref name=nssdc/><br><small>25 d 9 h 7 min 13 s<ref name="iau-iag"/></small>
|-
| <small>(at equator)</small>
| 25.05 days <ref name=nssdc/>
|-
| <small>(at poles)</small>
| 34.3 days <ref name=nssdc/>
|-
| Rotation velocity<br><small>(at equator)</small>
| 7.284 {{e|3}}&nbsp;km/h
|-
! bgcolor="#ffffc0" colspan="2" | '''[[photosphere|Photospheric]] composition (by mass)'''
|-
| [[Hydrogen]]
| 73.46 %
|-
| [[Helium]]
| 24.85 %
|-
| [[Oxygen]]
| 0.77 %
|-
| [[Carbon]]
| 0.29 %
|-
| [[Iron]]
| 0.16 %
|-
| [[Sulfur]]
| 0.12 %
|-
| [[Neon]]
| 0.12 %
|-
| [[Nitrogen]]
| 0.09 %
|-
| [[Silicon]]
| 0.07 %
|-
| [[Magnesium]]
| 0.05 %

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