Sol

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
gptkbp:age about 4.6 billion years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:the_Sun
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude -26.74
4.83
gptkbp:chromosphere present
gptkbp:composition gptkb:helium
carbon
hydrogen
iron
oxygen
gptkbp:convectiveZone present
gptkbp:coreTemperature about 15 million K
gptkbp:corona present
gptkbp:density 1.408 g/cm³
gptkbp:diameter 695,700 km
gptkbp:discoveredBy prehistoric observation
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth gptkb:Solar_System
about 27,000 light-years
617.7 km/s
about 149.6 million km
gptkbp:firstImageTaken 1845
gptkbp:fusionProcess proton-proton chain
gptkbp:galaxy gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:hasConcept present
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sol
gptkbp:influenced space weather
Earth's climate
gptkbp:location gptkb:Orion_Arm
gptkbp:luminosity 3.828 × 10^26 W
gptkbp:magneticFieldStrength present
gptkbp:mass 1.989 × 10^30 kg
gptkbp:namedAfter Roman sun god Sol
gptkbp:orbitalPeriodAroundGalacticCenter about 225-250 million years
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Jupiter
gptkb:Mars
gptkb:Mercury
gptkb:Neptune
gptkb:Saturn
gptkb:Uranus
gptkb:Venus
asteroids
comets
dwarf planets
meteoroids
gptkbp:photosphere present
gptkbp:powerSource nuclear fusion
gptkbp:radiativeZone present
gptkbp:rating 8
gptkbp:rotationPeriod about 25 days (equator)
about 35 days (poles)
gptkbp:solarConstant 1,361 W/m²
gptkbp:solarCycle about 11 years
gptkbp:solarEclipse possible
gptkbp:solarFlare present
gptkbp:solarWind present
gptkbp:spectralType G2V
gptkbp:sunspots present
gptkbp:symbol
gptkbp:temperature about 5,778 K
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Helios
gptkb:Pilsner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4