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Sun

Also Known As Sol · Helios (Greek)
Planets and the Sun
Radiating Disc

The G-type main-sequence star at the center of the solar system, containing about 99.86 percent of the system's total mass. Nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium in its core supplies the light and heat that make life on Earth possible.

Facts
Object Type
Star (G-type main-sequence) 1
Diameter (km)
1,391,000 1
Mass
1.989 x 10^30 kg 1
Classification
Catalogue
Other or Uncatalogued 1
Sun
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Associated With

Dyson Sphere, Concepts
'Oumuamua, Celestial Objects

Passed through the inner solar system on a hyperbolic, unbound trajectory; not gravitationally captured into orbit.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source English Wikipedia (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.org, Oumuamua, lead section
Sphere of Influence, Concepts

The Sun sphere of influence dominates the solar system for heliocentric trajectories

Orbited By

A periodic comet on a Jupiter-family orbit around the Sun.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source 99942 Apophis (Wikipedia)99942 Apophis, lead section (near-Earth classification)
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source 486958 Arrokoth (Wikipedia)486958 Arrokoth, lead section (orbital classification)
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source 101955 Bennu (Wikipedia)101955 Bennu, lead section (orbital group classification)
Ceres, Celestial Objects

Ceres orbits the Sun within the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source English Wikipedia (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.org, Comet Hale-Bopp, lead section
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source English Wikipedia (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.org, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), lead section
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia: 2 Pallasen.wikipedia.org, 2 Pallas, infobox
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia: 4 Vestaen.wikipedia.org, 4 Vesta, infobox
Sources
1. NASA Solar System Exploration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Entity description, sun catalogue classification
    The G-type main-sequence star at the center of the solar system, containing about 99.86 percent of the system's total mass.
  • Orbited By: Eris, science.nasa.gov, Dwarf Planets: Eris
  • Orbited By: Haumea, science.nasa.gov, Dwarf Planets: Haumea
  • Orbited By: Makemake, science.nasa.gov, Dwarf Planets: Makemake
  • Orbited By: Earth, Earth Facts, Size and Distance section, astronomical unit sentence
    From an average distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers), Earth is exactly one astronomical unit away from the Sun because one astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth.
  • Orbited By: Jupiter, Jupiter Facts, Size and Distance section, distance sentence
    From an average distance of 484 million miles (778 million kilometers), Jupiter is 5.2 astronomical units away from the Sun.
  • Orbited By: Saturn, Saturn Facts, Orbit and Rotation section
    Saturn makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Saturnian time) in about 29.4 Earth years (10,756 Earth days).
  • Orbited By: Uranus, Uranus Facts, Orbit and Rotation section
    Uranus makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Uranian time) in about 84 Earth years (30,687 Earth days).
  • Orbited By: Pluto, Pluto Facts, Orbit and Rotation section
    Pluto's orbit around the Sun is unusual compared to the planets: it's both elliptical and tilted.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Space Exploration
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Sun, Wikipedia - etymology section
    From the Greek helios comes the rare adjective heliac.
  • Orbited By: Psyche, 16 Psyche, orbital characteristics section (edges wave 2)
    Psyche is a main belt asteroid that orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.53-3.32 astronomical units (AU) with a semi-major axis or average orbital distance of 2.92 AU once every 4.998 years
  • Orbited By: Eros, 433 Eros, infobox (orbital period, edges wave 2)
    Orbital period (sidereal) 1.76 yr (643 days)
  • Orbited By: Juno, 3 Juno, orbit section (edges wave 2)
    The orbital period of Juno is 4.36578 years.
  • Orbited By: Hygiea, 10 Hygiea, orbit section (edges wave 2)
    Hygiea has an orbital period of 5.57 Earth years and follows an elliptical orbit where its distance from the Sun ranges between 2.79 AU (420 million km; 260 million mi) at perihelion to 3.49 AU (520 million km; 320 million mi) at aphelion.
  • Orbited By: Ryugu, 162173 Ryugu, orbit section (edges wave 2)
    Ryugu orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.96-1.41 AU once every 16 months (474 days; semi-major axis of 1.19 AU).
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Wikipedia: 4 Vesta
Orbited By: Vesta, en.wikipedia.org, 4 Vesta, infoboxView the Source
Wikipedia: 2 Pallas
Orbited By: Pallas, en.wikipedia.org, 2 Pallas, infoboxView the Source
English Wikipedia (Wikipedia)
  • Orbited By: Comet Hale-Bopp, en.wikipedia.org, Comet Hale-Bopp, lead section
  • Orbited By: Comet NEOWISE, en.wikipedia.org, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), lead section
  • Associated With: 'Oumuamua, en.wikipedia.org, Oumuamua, lead section
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99942 Apophis (Wikipedia)
Orbited By: Apophis, 99942 Apophis, lead section (near-Earth classification)
Quote, Orbited By: Apophis, 99942 Apophis, lead section (near-Earth classification)
99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object
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101955 Bennu (Wikipedia)
Orbited By: Bennu, 101955 Bennu, lead section (orbital group classification)
Quote, Orbited By: Bennu, 101955 Bennu, lead section (orbital group classification)
101955 Bennu (provisional designation 1999 RQ36) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group
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486958 Arrokoth (Wikipedia)
Orbited By: Arrokoth, 486958 Arrokoth, lead section (orbital classification)
Quote, Orbited By: Arrokoth, 486958 Arrokoth, lead section (orbital classification)
486958 Arrokoth (provisional designation 2014 MU69; formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule) is a small, icy Kuiper belt object orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto.
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