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The Sun

Temperature: 6000 ^oC
Periods of rotation: 26 days in the location on the equator, on the poles 36 days (The Sun doesn’t rotate as a solid structure)
Average distance from the Earth: 1AU (Astronomic unit)
Weight: 333000 times the weight of the Earth
Diameter: 109 Earth’s diameters
Angle size: 32 minutes
Source of energy: Fusion of hydrogen and its isotopes, then it arises helium
Rise: about 4.6 billions years ago, The Sun was formed from the rests of a supernova explosion, then the heavier elements starts to exist.