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Does our sun have a real name, like Polaris, Alpha Centauri etc? The only thing I've found is that it's sometimes referred to as Sol , the Roman equivalent of the sun-god Helios. Does anyone have any further information on this?
The Sun is our very own star, at the center of our solar system. The Sun is scientifically designated as a yellow dwarf (because of its place on the HR diagram1). However, our Sun is neither yellow nor a dwarf. The Sun appears white to the human eye -- it only looks yellow or orange when its rays are being scattered by Earth’s atmosphere ...
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Our 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.
22 maj 2017 · Bottom line: The International Astronomical Union hasn’t sanctioned an official name for our sun, and our sun doesn’t have a generally accepted and unique proper name in the English...
15 paź 2013 · Illustrated with stunning pictures from NASA's newly-launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, Our Sun will reveal the science behind the sun, trace its impact on human history, and reveal its...
This book, Biography of Our Sun, reflects my own personal vision of the Sun on its historical voyage through time and space, and an exploration of our human perception of the world. This is a journey through art, legends, myths, superstitions, and religion, sometimes mysterious, always fascinating.
