2006-12-15 01:42:40 · 12 answers · asked by F@Ni 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Spherical.
2006-12-15 01:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the true shape of the Sun, it is almost a sphere. Godier and Rozelot measured its shape very accurately in 1999 and published the paper (link below) in 2000. They find that the difference in the Sun's polar dimeter versus the equatorial diameter is a bit more than one part in a million (very difficult to measure, impossible to see just by looking at it).
If you mean its shape as seen through the Earth's atmosphere, then you need to look a the "omega shape" (air refraction changes the apparent vertical measurement, not the horizontal measurement).
2006-12-15 02:03:07 · answer #2 · answered by Raymond 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technically, the sun is an oblate sphereoid, which means that it is a sphere that is "squashed" a bit so that its diameter from pole to pole is slightly smaller than its diameter across its equator. Such distortion is normal in a massive, rotating object. The Earth itself is slightly oblate. The most severely oblate object in our solar system is Saturn, which displays significant flattening at the poles due to its rapid rate of rotation.
2006-12-15 01:59:56 · answer #3 · answered by lehket 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the sun have a shape? It is gas and plasma.
2006-12-15 04:04:55 · answer #4 · answered by gaelicai 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the shape of sun is sphere
2006-12-15 01:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, good joke. Or maybe it's a test to see how many people would fall for it.
Since I answered, I sort of fell for it too. But I got the joke so my answer doesn't count.
2006-12-15 15:10:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is a sphere.
2006-12-15 01:46:44 · answer #7 · answered by anton3s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
round globular
2006-12-15 02:28:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a spherical (roughly) orb.
2006-12-15 01:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by burke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
circle.
2006-12-15 03:26:09 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋