Not homework. Just very curious.
2007-04-29 06:22:13 · 2 answers · asked by Dovey 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The sun is a star. If you were able to get close to other stars they'd be vey similar to our own star (the sun). Similarly, if you were on some far off planet and looked back at our sun it would appear as a tiny twinkle amongst many other tiny twinkles.
2007-04-29 06:27:57 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Because it fits the definition of a star, which is a "self-luminous gaseous celestial body of great mass which produces energy by means of nuclear fusion reactions, whose shape is usually spheroidal, and whose size may be as small as the earth or larger than the earth's orbit." The Sun is the closest star to Earth in the galaxy,with a mean distance of 93,000,000 miles. All of the other stars we see are much, much farther away in different galaxies.
2007-04-29 06:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by Adel 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋