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1. Over one million Earth's could fit inside the Sun
2. The Sun is almost a perfect sphere.
3. The Sun is travelling at 220 km per second.
4. The Sun is halfway through its life. At 4.5 billion years old, the Sun has burned off around half of its hydrogen.
5. The Sun rotates in the opposite direction to Earth.
6. The Sun has a powerful magnetic field.
7. Temperatures inside the Sun can reach 15 million degrees Celsius.
8. The atmosphere of the Sun is composed of three layers: the photosphere, the chromosphere, and the corona.
9. The sun is just one of about 100 billion stars in our galaxy.
10. It consists of 75% HYDROGEN and 25% HELIUM.
11. Light from the Sun reaches Earth in around 8 minutes.
12. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth.
13. Our modern day calendar is based on the earth's movement around the sun.
14. It is 30,000 light years away from the center of The Milky Way.
15. If the sun weren't there, the earth would travel in a straight line.
That's all for today unfortunately.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
See you soon!!!
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