| Mean distance from Earth: | 1 Astronomical Unit 150,000,000 km |
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| Diameter: | 1,392,530 km |
| Mass: | 330,000 Earths |
| Density: | 1.41 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Surface temp: | 5,800 Kelvin |
| Rotational period: | 25 days at the equator 35 days at the poles |
The Sun is a typical yellow main sequence star - its mass, size, surface temperature and chemical composition lie roughly midway between the extremes exhibited by other stars. The closest star to our planet, light still takes 8.3 minutes to traverse the roughly 93 million miles between the sun and the earth.