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What are three sun facts?
Our Sun: Facts
The Sun is about 100 times wider than Earth and about 10 times wider than Jupiter, the biggest planet.
The Sun is the only star in our solar system. ...
Measuring a “day” on the Sun is complicated. ...
The part of the Sun we see from Earth – the part we call the surface – is the photosphere.
What is the Sun's real name?
The sun doesn't have a scientific name, it is sometimes called Sol. Solis is Latin for sun; Sol is the Roman equivalent of the Greek sun God Helios. The sun does have a symbol, which is a circle with a dot in the center. The International Astronomical Union, at this stage have agreed on a official name for the sun.
What is sun made of?
The Sun is a huge, glowing sphere of hot gas. Most of this gas is hydrogen (about 70%) and helium (about 28%). Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen make up 1.5% and the other 0.5% is made up of small amounts of many other elements such as neon, iron, silicon, magnesium and sulfur.
Why is Sun called Sun?
The word sun comes from the Old English word sunne, which itself comes from the older Proto-Germanic language's word sunnōn. In ancient times the Sun was widely seen as a god, and the name for Sun was the name of that god. Ancient Greeks called the Sun Helios, and this word is still used to describe the Sun today.
The Sun
Tabloid
The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch's News Corp. It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald, and... Wikipedia
First issue date: September 15, 1964
Owner: News UK, News Group Newspapers Limited, and News Corporation
Editor: Stig Abell, Dominic Mohan, David Dinsmore, and more
Circulation: 4,100,000 (May 1988)
Format: Tabloid
Founded: 15 September 1964; 59 years ago
Headquarters: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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