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Maharashtra State BoardSSC (English Medium) 6th Standard

The Solar System - The sun

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The Sun:

The Sun is a yellow-coloured star.  Its surface temperature is about 6000 °C. It is huge-about 13 lakh (1.3 million) Earth-sized planets could fit inside it.

  • The gravity of the Sun keeps all the planets, moons, and other objects in the solar system in orbit around it. 
  • The diameter of the Sun is approximately 13,92,000 km.
  • The Sun rotates on its axis and also revolves around the centre of the Milky Way, carrying the entire solar system with it. 

The Sun

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