SUN STATISTICS

Sun Statistics

Mass (kg) 1.989e+30

Mass (Earth = 1) 332,830

Equatorial radius (km) 695,000

Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) 108.97

Mean density (gm/cm^3) 1.410

Rotational period (days) 25-36*

Escape velocity (km/sec) 618.02

Luminosity (ergs/sec) 3.827e33

Magnitude (Vo) -26.8

Mean surface temperature 6,000°C

Age (billion years) 4.5

Principal chemistry
Hydrogen      92.1%
Helium      7.8%
Oxygen      0.061%
Carbon      0.030%
Nitrogen     0.0084%
Neon      0.0076%
Iron      0.0037%
Silicon      0.0031%
Magnesium     0.0024%
Sulfur      0.0015%
All others     0.0015%