General Properties








• Radius: 7 x 10⁸m
          700 thousand km, ~100 Earth Radii
  

  
  

• Mass: 2 x 10³⁰ kg
          300,000 Earth Masses
  

  
  

• Density: 1.4 g/cm³
      Similar to Water. Earth average is 5 times more dense
      Varies greatly with radius: 150 g/cm³ at the Sun's core!
  

  
  

• Temperature: 5780 K (Kelvin Degrees) at Surface
      Also varies greatly with radius: 15 million K at core!
  

  
  

• Composition (by Mass):	71%	Hydrogen
  	27%	Helium
  	2%	Other (C, N, O, Mg, Si, Fe, etc)

  
  

  
  

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