Sun Data

Equatorial Radius

Metric: 695,500 km

English: 432,200 miles

Equatorial Circumference

Metric: 4,379,000 km

English: 2,715,000 miles

Volume

Metric: 1,142,200,000,000,000,000 km3

English: 2.7403 x 1017 mi3

Mass

Metric: 1,989,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg

English: 4,385,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 lbs

Density

Metric: 1.409 g/cm3

Surface Area

Metric: 6,087,799,000,000 km2

English: 2,347,000,000,000 square miles

Equatorial Surface Gravity

Metric: 274.0 m/s2

English: 899.0 ft/s2

Escape Velocity

Metric: 2,223,720 km/h

English: 1,381.760 mph

Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day)

25.38 Earth days

609.12 hours

Effective Temperature

Metric: 5504 °C

English: 9939 °F

Atmospheric Constituents

Hydrogen 92.1%

Helium 7.8%

Other 0.1%

Additional Information:

Spectral Type: G2 V

Synodic Period: 27.2753 days

Velocity Relative to Near Stars: 19.7 km/s

Solar Constant (Total Solar Irradiance): 1.365 - 1.369 kW/m^2

(at the mean distance of the earth from the Sun, about one AU)