| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:star gptkb:stellar_classification
 
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                                | gptkbp:age | about 4.6 billion years 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:The_Sun gptkb:Sol
 
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                                | gptkbp:composition | gptkb:Oxygen gptkb:Carbon
 gptkb:Hydrogen
 gptkb:Neon
 gptkb:Helium
 Iron
 
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                                | gptkbp:coreTemperature | about 15 million K 
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                                | gptkbp:corona | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:coronalMassEjections | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:diameter | 695,700 km 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveredBy | Prehistoric observation 
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                                | gptkbp:distanceFromEarth | gptkb:Solar_System gptkb:1_AU
 about 27,000 light-years
 149.6 million km
 
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                                | gptkbp:expansion | Red giant White dwarf
 
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                                | gptkbp:firstPhotographed | 1845 
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                                | gptkbp:galaxy | gptkb:Milky_Way 
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                                | gptkbp:hasViewOf | gptkb:Earth 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | Earth's climate Space weather
 
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                                | gptkbp:lifeStage | Main sequence 
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                                | gptkbp:luminosity | 3.828 × 10^26 W 
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                                | gptkbp:magneticFieldStrength | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:mass | 1.989 × 10^30 kg 
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                                | gptkbp:nearestCity | gptkb:Proxima_Centauri 
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                                | gptkbp:nuclearFusionProcess | gptkb:Proton-proton_chain 
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                                | gptkbp:orbitalPeriodAroundGalacticCenter | about 225-250 million years 
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                                | gptkbp:orbitType | gptkb:Galactic_Center 
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                                | gptkbp:powerSource | Nuclear fusion 
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                                | gptkbp:rating | 8 
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                                | gptkbp:rotationPeriodAtEquator | about 25 days 
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                                | gptkbp:rotationPeriodAtPoles | about 35 days 
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                                | gptkbp:service | gptkb:Dwarf_planets gptkb:Meteoroids
 gptkb:Asteroids
 Planets
 Comets
 
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                                | gptkbp:solarConstant | about 1,361 W/m^2 
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                                | gptkbp:solarCycle | about 11 years 
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                                | gptkbp:solarFlares | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:solarWind | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:spectralType | G2V 
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                                | gptkbp:sunspots | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:temperature | about 5,778 K 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Donald_Menzel 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Our Sun 
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