The Sun is 1.4 million km in diameter (about three times the distance from the Earth to the Moon) and its mass is 333,000 times the mass of the Earth. The Sun consists of 78% hydrogen, 20% helium and about 2% of other heavier elements.
At the equator, the Sun rotates around its axis in 25 days, but at its poles in over 30 days. This is called differential rotation.
Because the Sun is extremely big compared to the Earth, our planet is not visible in this comparison, However, the orbit of the Moon is to be seen here as the white circle.
