the Sun

GPTKB entity

Statements (74)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
gptkbp:age ~4.6 billion years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude -26.74
4.83
gptkbp:chromosphere present
gptkbp:composition gptkb:helium
carbon
hydrogen
iron
oxygen
gptkbp:coreTemperature ~15 million K
gptkbp:corona present
gptkbp:deityName gptkb:Helios
gptkb:Ra
gptkb:Sol
gptkb:Tonatiuh
gptkb:Surya
gptkbp:density 1.408 g/cm³
gptkbp:diameter 695,700 km
gptkbp:discoveredBy prehistoric humans
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth gptkb:Solar_System
~149.6 million km
617.7 km/s
~27,000 light-years
gptkbp:firstPhotographed 1845
gptkbp:fusionProcess proton-proton chain
gptkbp:galaxy gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:hasConcept present
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Sun
gptkbp:influenced space weather
Earth's climate
gptkbp:luminosity 3.828 × 10^26 W
gptkbp:mass 1.989 × 10^30 kg
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Proxima_Centauri
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:photosphere present
gptkbp:positionInGalaxy gptkb:Orion_Arm
gptkbp:powerSource nuclear fusion
gptkbp:rotationPeriod ~25 days (equator)
~35 days (poles)
gptkbp:solarConstant ~1,361 W/m²
gptkbp:solarCyclePeriod ~11 years
gptkbp:solarEclipse possible
gptkbp:solarFlare present
gptkbp:solarMaximum present
gptkbp:solarMinimum present
gptkbp:solarWind present
gptkbp:spectralType G2V
gptkbp:studiedBy astronomer
astrophysicists
heliophysicists
gptkbp:sunspots present
gptkbp:symbol
gptkbp:temperature ~5,778 K
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye yes
gptkbp:worshippedIn gptkb:Aztecs
gptkb:Greeks
gptkb:Hindus
gptkb:Romans
gptkb:Ancient_Egyptians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sol
gptkb:Roman_god_Sol
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5