does the sun have a name other then sun?

Question

like there is luna for our moon or titan as one of saturns moon..does the sun have a name too?

Answer 1

Sol, Helios

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_in_human_culture

Answer 2

In Sanskrit , Sun has atleast 12 Names Those are : Mitra, Ravi, Surya, Bhanu, Khaga,
Pushya, Hiranyagarbha, Maricha, Aditya,Bhaskar, Arun, Savita.
But there may be 1000s of names !! Sanskrit is the richest and one of the most scientific languages.

Answer 3

In astronomy, the Sun is called a G2V star:

"The Sun does not have any scientific name like the names of plants and animals but among the billions of stars, it does fall in a particular category: Stars are classified based on their temperature and their size. Based on their temperature, they are classified into O, B, A, F, G, K and M stars with the O stars being the hottest with temperatures of about 50,000 K and the M stars being the coolest with temperatures of about 3000 K. Each group is subdivided into 10 classes (eg. O0, O1,..., O9, B0, B1,...).

Based on the size and luminosity, the stars are classified into classes Ia, Ib, II, III, IV, and V. Type I stars are supergiant stars, II means giant stars, etc. Finally class V are stars called main-sequence stars which are "normal" stars (that fuse hydrogen in their cores).

Based on this notation, our Sun is a star of spectral class G2 and luminosity class V (main sequence). So, when we can say "scientifically" that the Sun is a G2V star. "

Answer 4

Just among the ancient Greeks, there was Helios and Hyperion. The Romans called it Sol. Other cultures have their own names. Nowadays, we call it 'the' sun, although it is actually just 'a' sun.

Answer 5

Greeks or Hellinas call it Elios

Answer 6

G2V, Helios, and a few more
(the type of star it is)

Answer 7

Yes it is also called "SOL". As in SOLar system.

Answer 8

I have heard the name Solaris... I don't remeber where but that's what i heard.

Answer 9

scrodel?!

Answer 10

"SOL" Latin