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The Sun is a large yellow dwarf star<ref name=Jones2005p23/> in our solar system which has 8 planets and other celestial bodies revolving around it.<ref name=Jones2005p35/> It is extremely hot, with surface temperatures in excess of 5,000 °C and a central core temperature greater than 10,000,000 °C.<ref name=Jones2005p23/> Since the Sun is about 150,000,000 kilometers from the Earth,<ref name=Jones2005p35/> only a very small amount of its heat and light reach the Earth. By contrast, the Earth's moon is very much smaller and very much colder.<ref name=Page2001/> | |||
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<ref name=Jones2005p23>{{cite book | author=Edward Jones, William Smith and George Jackson | title=The Solar System's Sun | edition= 4th Edition | publisher=Thompson Publishing Co. | date=September 1998 | pages=pp. 23-28 | id=ISBN 4-3782-5673-1}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Jones2005p35>{{cite book | author=Edward Jones, William Smith and George Jackson | title=The Solar System's Sun | edition= 4th Edition | publisher=Thompson Publishing Co. | date=September 1998 | pages=pp. 35-45 | id=ISBN 4-3782-5673-1}}</ref> | |||
<ref name=Page2001>{{cite journal | author=Thomas Page, William Wood and John Isher | title= Lunar Surface Temperatures and the Stability of Polar Ice Deposits | journal= Solar System Astronomy | volume=32 | issue=4 |pages=pp. 179-195 | date= February 2001}}</ref> | |||
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The Sun is a large yellow dwarf star[1] in our solar system which has 8 planets and other celestial bodies revolving around it.[2] It is extremely hot, with surface temperatures in excess of 5,000 °C and a central core temperature greater than 10,000,000 °C.[1] Since the Sun is about 150,000,000 kilometers from the Earth,[2] only a very small amount of its heat and light reach the Earth. By contrast, the Earth's moon is very much smaller and very much colder.[3]
==References==
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edward Jones, William Smith and George Jackson (September 1998). The Solar System's Sun, 4th Edition. Thompson Publishing Co., pp. 23-28. ISBN 4-3782-5673-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edward Jones, William Smith and George Jackson (September 1998). The Solar System's Sun, 4th Edition. Thompson Publishing Co., pp. 35-45. ISBN 4-3782-5673-1.
- ↑ Thomas Page, William Wood and John Isher (February 2001). "Lunar Surface Temperatures and the Stability of Polar Ice Deposits". Solar System Astronomy 32 (4): pp. 179-195.