2006-07-04 02:27:34 · 7 answers · asked by bbq 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
A diameter of approximately 1,390,000 kilometers (864,000 miles) and a mass about 330,000 times that of Earth.
The sun is also a star that is the center of a planetary system
2006-07-04 02:40:46 · answer #1 · answered by g3010 7 · 17⤊ 0⤋
The sun has a diameter of 865,000 miles or 1.39 million kilometers. Its diameter is 109 times the diameter of earth. Despite its seemingly huge size in comparison to earth, the sun is actually considered a small star and is classified as a yellow dwarf.
2006-07-04 09:34:12 · answer #2 · answered by dougdell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with all the people who've answered this question ....but has anyone dared to go near the sun to measure the diametre ?? ...or are all these answers guess works ???
2006-07-04 10:30:29 · answer #3 · answered by nidhi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=sun+diameter+miles&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8
2006-07-04 09:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by Axel ∇ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
870,000 miles
2006-07-04 09:32:01 · answer #5 · answered by David S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
870,000 miles
2006-07-04 09:30:53 · answer #6 · answered by Help 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
870,000 mi
2006-07-04 09:31:05 · answer #7 · answered by proficient237 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋