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According to [[assfly|some]], physical "constants" are inconstant, but not in the [[slut|slutty]], Shakespearean kind of way.  If this were true, the Sun would [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/A_Splode cause us big problems].
 
According to [[assfly|some]], physical "constants" are inconstant, but not in the [[slut|slutty]], Shakespearean kind of way.  If this were true, the Sun would [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/A_Splode cause us big problems].
  
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Revision as of 22:09, 25 October 2008

Template:ACD The Sun is that big, hot, yellow, incredibly bright round thing in the sky. You can't miss it, unless it's nighttime. Astronomers say that the sun is a star and the stars are all suns. The main difference between the sun and other stars is that other stars are very much further away. Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to the Solar System. It is just over 4 light years away.

Modern educated people generally think that the Earth orbits the sun, based on the mythological concepts of "Observable Reality" and "Empirical Inquiry".

People infected with certain strains of religious fundamentalism, on the other hand, know that the Sun goes round the Earth based on the entirely factual history and science text, The Holy Bible

The Sun, as the most hallowed object in the sky, essential to all life, has the seventh (or first, depending on your calendric issues) day of the week named for her: Sunday.

According to some, physical "constants" are inconstant, but not in the slutty, Shakespearean kind of way. If this were true, the Sun would cause us big problems.

Specifications

  • Radius = 6.96E8 m
  • Mass = 1.9891E30 kg
  • GM = 1.3271244E20 m³/s²
  • Density = 1.41E3 kg/m³
    • Core = 1.56E5 kg/m³
  • Temperature = 5778 K (blackbody)
    • Central = 1.58E7 K
    • Average = 7.88E6 K
    • Corona > 1E6 K (varies)
  • Distance from galactic core ≅ 2.5E20 m
  • Distance from Earth = 1.4959787E11 m
  • Escape velocity = 617.6 km/s
  • Luminosity = 3.846E26 W
  • Mean molar mass = 0.638 g/mol
  • Gravitational binding energy = 6.1E41 J
  • Pressure (volumetric mean) = 1.4E14 Pa
    • Central = 2.4E16 Pa
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