2007-03-06 16:37:25 · 5 answers · asked by WAASA 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The sun is made up mostly of hydrogen, with most of the rest helium. There are trace amounts of other elements in it as well.
At it's core, the sun is a balmy 15 million Kelvins. On the surface, it is only around 5900 Kelvins. The sun's corona (it's "atmopshere" in a sense) is actually very hot, around 1 million Kelvins. Scientists are still not entirely sure why this area is as hot as it is.
2007-03-06 17:03:37 · answer #1 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Photospheric composition (by mass)
Hydrogen 73.46 %
Helium 24.85 %
Oxygen 0.77 %
Carbon 0.29 %
Iron 0.16 %
Neon 0.12 %
Nitrogen 0.09 %
Silicon 0.07 %
Magnesium 0.05 %
Sulphur 0.04 %
The surface temperature of the Sun is about 6000 K (10,000°F)=6000-373=5627 degrees celsius
2007-03-07 05:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by neumor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gasses, mostly hydrogen & helium.
Average temperature of about 6000 Kelvin (if I'm not mistaken)
2007-03-07 03:02:55 · answer #3 · answered by MB1810 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big ball of hot gases, much like Al Gore.
2007-03-07 01:29:57 · answer #4 · answered by KevinStud99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meatloaf. If you stick a toothpick in and it comes away clean---it's done.
2007-03-07 00:46:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋