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  • Sun Measurements: Key Physical Properties of Our Star
    The following are some of the measurements of the sun:

    Mass: 1.989 × 10^30 kilograms

    Volume: 1.412 × 10^18 cubic kilometers

    Radius: 695,700 kilometers

    Temperature: 5,778 Kelvin (at the surface)

    Surface area: 6.088 × 10^12 square kilometers

    Luminosity: 3.846 × 10^26 watts

    Apparent magnitude: -26.74

    Density: 1,408 kilograms per cubic meter

    Gravitational force at the surface: 274 meters per second squared

    Escape velocity: 617.6 kilometers per second

    Rotation period: 27 days (at the equator)

    Age: 4.6 billion years

    Distance from Earth: 149.6 million kilometers (average distance)

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