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|equatorradius=695,500 km<ref name=SunFact/>

|equatorradius=695,500 km<ref name=SunFact/>

|surfacearea=6,087,799,000,000 km² (11,935.176 × earth)<ref name=SunFact/>

|surfacearea=6,087,799,000,000 km² (11,935.176 × earth)<ref name=SunFact/>

|mintemp=4000 K<ref name=Goddard/><ref name=Britannica>"[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110144/Sun Entry for 'Sun']." ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Accessed March 5, 2008.</ref>

|mintemp=4000 K<ref name=Goddard/><ref name=Britannica>"[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110144/Sun Entry for 'Sun']." ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Accessed March 5, 2008.</ref>

|meantemp=5777 K<ref name=SunFact/>

|meantemp=5777 K<ref name=SunFact/>

|maxtemp=8000 K<ref name=Britannica/>

|maxtemp=8000 K<ref name=Britannica/>

However within our [[Milky Way galaxy]] it is one of probably 100 billion of the same types of stars.

However within our [[Milky Way galaxy]] it is one of probably 100 billion of the same types of stars.

By mass, it is composed of 72% [[hydrogen]], 26% [[helium]] and 2% trace elements, mostly [[oxygen]], [[carbon]], [[neon]], [[nitrogen]], [[magnesium]], [[iron]], and [[silicon]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html World Book Encyclopedia @ NASA]</ref>

By mass, it is composed of 72% [[hydrogen]], 26% [[helium]] and 2% trace elements, mostly [[oxygen]], [[carbon]], [[neon]], [[nitrogen]], [[magnesium]], [[iron]], and [[silicon]].<ref>[https://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html World Book Encyclopedia @ NASA]</ref>

Core temperatures reach 15,000,000 K (K = Kelvin) while the sun's surface or [[photosphere]] temperature is 5,800 K. When the photosphere is hit by the heat of the sun the temperature drops to a minimum of 4,000 K. It then continues further until it encounters a thin layer of [[atmosphere]] roughly 10,000 kilometers deep called the ''chromosphere'' and reverses trend to rise to 8,000 K. Even further is another part of the sun's total atmosphere called the [[corona]] that blends in with interplanetary space.

Core temperatures reach 15,000,000 K (K = Kelvin) while the sun's surface or [[photosphere]] temperature is 5,800 K. When the photosphere is hit by the heat of the sun the temperature drops to a minimum of 4,000 K. It then continues further until it encounters a thin layer of [[atmosphere]] roughly 10,000 kilometers deep called the ''chromosphere'' and reverses trend to rise to 8,000 K. Even further is another part of the sun's total atmosphere called the [[corona]] that blends in with interplanetary space.