Sun

The Sun (in Greek: Helios, in Latin: Sol) is the star at the center of the Solar System and is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth. It is a nearly perfect spherical ball of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a dynamo process. Its diameter is about 109 times that of Earth, and it has a mass about 330,000 times that of Earth, accounting for about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.About three quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen; the rest is mostly helium, with much smaller quantities of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon and iron.

The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V) based on spectral class and it is informally referred to as a yellow dwarf. It formed approximately 4.567 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of matter within a region of a large molecular cloud. Most of this matter gathered in the center, whereas the rest flattened into an orbiting disk that became the Solar System. The central mass became increasingly hot and dense, eventually initiating nuclear fusion in its core. It is thought that almost all stars form by this process.

Sun (disambiguation)

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

Sun or the Sun may also refer to:

Other common meanings

  • Sunlight
  • Sun., the abbreviation for Sunday
  • Arts and entertainment

    Films

  • Sun (film), a 1929 Italian film directed by Alessandro Blasetti
  • The Sun (film), a 2005 Russian biographical film
  • Music

    Artists

  • Ho Yeow Sun, a Singaporean pop music singer, sometimes credited as Sun
  • Silver Sun, a British power pop band, earlier known as Sun
  • Something Unto Nothing (S.U.N.), a band project formed by Brian Tichy
  • Sun (German band), an alternative rock group
  • Sun (R&B band), an American group
  • Sun, an Australian group featuring drummer Oren Ambarchi
  • The Sun (American band)
  • The Sun (Estonian band)
  • Albums

  • The Sun (Cat Empire album)
  • The Sun (Fridge album)
  • Sun (Cat Power album)
  • Sun (Nopsajalka album)
  • Sun (Thomas Bergersen album)
  • The Sun, an album by FanFan
  • Songs

  • "Sun" (Belinda Carlisle song), 2013
  • "Sun" (Live song)
  • "Sun" (Two Door Cinema Club song), 2012
  • SUN", by Mouse on Mars from the 2012 album WOW
  • The Sun (Sydney)

    The Sun was an afternoon tabloid newspaper, first published under this name in 1910. It was acquired from Associated Newspapers by Fairfax Holdings in Sydney, Australia in 1953, as the afternoon companion to The Sydney Morning Herald. The former Sunday edition, the Sunday Sun was discontinued and merged with the Sunday Herald into the tabloid Sun-Herald at the same time.

    Publication of The Sun ceased on 14 March 1988. Some of its content, and sponsorship of the Sydney City to Surf footrace, was continued in The Sun-Herald.

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    The sunrise in the east
    Every morning in my dreams
    I turn the music on
    And start to dance
    With all my friends
    The sun shines on my way
    Every night and every day
    And takes the sorrows far away
    So far awayThe sunset in the west
    Every evening in my dreams
    The party is going on
    I love to dance
    With all my friends
    The sun shines on my way
    Every night and every day
    A easy way of life
    Gonna make me dance
    With all my friends




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