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- FIGURES FOR THE SUN
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- Mass: 1.9891 x 1030 kg = 333,000 times the mass of Earth
- Diameter: 1,392,000 km = 109 times the diameter of Earth
- Density: 1.409 x times the density of water
- Temperature at the surface: 5,785 K
- Temperature in the corona: >1,000,000 K
- Temperature at the centre: 15,000,000 K
- Absolute magnitude: 4.79
- Apparent magnitude: -26.78
- Rotation time at equator: 25 d
- Rotation time at 60o latitude: 29 d