The Sun

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by FireBallDashReborn, Jun 16, 2015.

  1. The sun lies at the heart of the solar system, where it is by far the largest object. It holds 99.8 percent of the solar system's mass and is roughly 109 times the diameter of the Earth — about one million Earths could fit inside the sun.

    The visible part of the sun is about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees Celsius), while temperatures in the core reach more than 27 million F (15 million C), driven by nuclear reactions. One would need to explode 100 billion tons of dynamite every second to match the energy produced by the sun, according to NASA.

    The sun is one of more than 100 billion stars in the Milky Way. It orbits some 25,000 light-years from the galactic core, completing a revolution once every 250 million years or so. The sun is relatively young, part of a generation of stars known as Population I, which are relatively rich in elements heavier than helium. An older generation of stars is called Population II, and an earlier generation of Population III may have existed, although no members of this generation are known yet.
    The sun was born about 4.6 billion years ago. Many scientists think the sun and the rest of the solar system formed from a giant, rotating cloud of gas and dust known as the solar nebula. As the nebula collapsed because of its gravity, it spun faster and flattened into a disk. Most of the material was pulled toward the center to form the sun.

    The sun has enough nuclear fuel to stay much as it is now for another 5 billion years. After that, it will swell to become a red giant. Eventually, it will shed its outer layers, and the remaining core will collapse to become awhite dwarf. Slowly, this will fade, to enter its final phase as a dim, cool theoretical object sometimes known as a black dwarf.
     
  2. The sun:
    I hope you burn in it.
     
  3. Eagle please don't lock this thread I put a lot of effort into it
     
  4. The sun is hot. But not nearly as hot as my mix tape.
     
  5. It's OUR solar system.. Not THE solar system..


     
  6. Win?
     
  7. It's all speculation no one really knows because temperature, distance, counting for that matter is all relative to where you are
     

  8. 
     
  9. I know it's all speculation, I was just sharing
     
  10. Interesting.


    Now tell me all I need to know about dog crap.
     
  11. Here comes the sun. (Do do do do)

     
  12. Cant wait to see that black dwarf thingy
     
  13. I smell a copy/paste
     
  14. The sun is a mass if incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace. Where hydrogen is mixed in with helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.
     

  15. Ummmm. Is that the asian col. Sanders? I want some chicken
     
  16. Kill Bill sensei guy.
     
  17. My mixtape was fire... literally. It turned into ashes before anyone else heard it... :/