The Sun

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of The Sun
AI-created image

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
gptkbp:age about 4.6 billion years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude -26.74
gptkbp:composition gptkb:helium
hydrogen
gptkbp:coreTemperature about 15 million K
gptkbp:density 1.408 g/cm³
gptkbp:diameter about 696,340 kilometers
gptkbp:discoveredBy known since prehistory
prehistoric humans
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth about 149.6 million kilometers
gptkbp:expansion will become a red giant
will become a white dwarf
gptkbp:firstPhotographed 1845
gptkbp:galacticOrbitPeriod about 225-250 million years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Sun
gptkbp:importantFor supports life on Earth
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Solar_System
gptkbp:luminosity 3.828 × 10^26 watts
gptkbp:magneticFieldStrength present
gptkbp:mass 1.989 × 10^30 kilograms
gptkbp:meanApparentDiameter about 31.6 to 32.7 arcminutes
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Sol_(Latin)
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Proxima_Centauri
gptkbp:nuclearFusionProcess proton-proton chain
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Jupiter
gptkb:Mars
gptkb:Mercury
gptkb:Neptune
gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:Saturn
gptkb:Uranus
gptkb:Venus
asteroids
comets
dwarf planets
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy
gptkbp:powerSource nuclear fusion
gptkbp:rotationPeriodAtEquator about 25 days
gptkbp:rotationPeriodAtPoles about 35 days
gptkbp:solarActivity coronal mass ejections
solar flares
sunspots
gptkbp:solarConstant about 1,361 W/m²
gptkbp:solarCyclePeriod about 11 years
gptkbp:solarWind present
gptkbp:spectralType G2V
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:astronomy
astrophysics
heliophysics
gptkbp:symbolInAstronomy
gptkbp:temperature about 5,778 K
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye yes
gptkbp:worshippedIn gptkb:Aztecs
gptkb:Greeks
gptkb:Romans
gptkb:ancient_Egyptians
many ancient cultures
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3