i know no one can even get close to it cause it's scorching hot, but if there could be a space suit that can be worn that would not burn anyone (just pretend for a minute here), can the astronaut step on LAND on the sun or is it just hidrogen and helium and other such particles but it's not like land where you can step on it?
2006-12-16 17:25:58 · 28 answers · asked by chapped lips 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No, the sun is not a planet. The core of the sun whose radius is approx. 25% of radius of sun is the only part of sun that rotates as a solid body. But it'd be impossible to get there. The sun is 70% hydrogen and 28% helium and 2% everything else.
2006-12-16 17:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by jenahfah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the sun is not a planet. It is actually a star. The other planets, including Earth, are in the Solar system. Solar = Sun. There is presently no material created by man that can withstand the heat of the Sun, nor has there ever been. Can't say nor shall there ever be, but I seriously doubt it. I can only imagine Man attempting to land on the gigantic ball of flames, and all I see is, the liquidated remains of Man oozing from the door of the space shuttle. You see, engines must be at a certain temperature to even work. I doubt that an astronaut would even be able to get the door open without melting. Talk about Hotter Than July!
2006-12-17 02:26:58 · answer #2 · answered by classyjazzcreations 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the Sun is a Star.
Assuming you could get a hold of a spacesuit that could withstand the heat and radiation, no, you couldn't step onto it, as it is a broiling mass of gas and wind. Probably any solid "landmass" would be millions of miles into the core of the body.
2006-12-17 01:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by Kesta♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no expert but the sun is a star duhh. pretend as you will the sun heats the earth and all other planet we just happen to have the right Pieces of the puzzle plus the right distance to the sun to create earth environment.
2006-12-17 04:10:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is a star. Planets are rocky like Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars or Planets are gaseous like Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.
Note Pluto is now a minor planet maybe rock and ice.
Stars emit energy in the form of light and heat radiation and are gaseous.
2006-12-17 01:31:05 · answer #5 · answered by BrianBucks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot, the sun is not
A place where we could live
But here on Earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives
We need its light, we need its heat
The sun light that we seek
The sun light comes from our own sun's
Atomic energy
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot...
The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas
Aluminum, Copper, Iron, and many others
The sun is large...
If the sun were hollow, a million Earth's would fit inside
And yet, it is only a middle size star
The sun is far away...
About 93,000,000 miles away
And that's why it looks so small
But even when it's out of sight
The sun shines night and day
We need its heat, we need its light
The sun light that we seek
The sun light comes from our own sun's
Atomic energy
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom smashing machine
The heat and light of the sun are caused by nuclear reactions between
Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon, and Helium
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
2006-12-17 01:29:47 · answer #6 · answered by fuzzygummybear 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the sun is a massive mass of incandescent gas. it is not a planet - it's a star.
I don't think it's possible that anyone could make a suit strong enought to even get close to it without burning up.
2006-12-17 01:29:06 · answer #7 · answered by hot.turkey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is good to be curious. A star is the easy answere but the science of our whole solar system is what separates our simple knowledge of what is the difference between a star and a planet to understanding the entire universe
2006-12-17 01:46:47 · answer #8 · answered by musner3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a planet orbits a Sun. The Sun does not orbit any planetary body. But, all of the Suns in a Galaxy spin or rotate togehter.
2006-12-17 01:37:57 · answer #9 · answered by sandwreckoner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a star allright, but have you heard that Paris Hilton and Britney Spears are going to use their money to land a spaceship on the sun? They don't want to get burned up, so they are going to go at night.
2006-12-17 02:07:16 · answer #10 · answered by mensahank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋