SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star – a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium – at the center of our solar system. It’s about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) from Earth and it’s our solar system’s only star.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who discovered that the Sun was a star? Many people’s work was needed to prove that the Sun is a star. The first person we know of to suggest that the Sun is a star up close (or, conversely, that stars are Suns far away) was Anaxagoras, around 450 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sun falls in the category of stars around which all the planets keep on revolving and is the main source of heat and light for the planets. A moon can be defined as a celestial body that revolves around other bodies, specifically the planets. Note: The sun falls in the category of stars.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Short Answer: Our Sun is an average sized star: there are smaller stars and larger stars, even up to 100 times larger. Many other solar systems have multiple suns, while ours just has one. Our Sun is 864, 000 miles in diameter and 10, 000 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface.