kat+sun

THE SUN Diameter: 863,040 miles = 1,392,000km (218 x the Earths diameter!) Mass:1,990,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kg Temperature:5780 k (surface)

3/4 of the Sun's mass is hydrogen, while the remaining 1/4 is helium. Less than 2% of the Sun is made up of other heavier elements. Like carbon, iron, neon, oxygen and many others. The Sun contains aproxomatly 98% of the solar systems mass. The sun has lasted us 4.6 billion years and will last us another 5 billion years.