Astronomy Facts -2

by **Admin** Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:09 pm

Lightning is about 3 times hotter than our Sun.
The Sun is around 4.5 billion years old.
The Sun causes the ocean currents and weather patterns on Earth.
The energy produced by the Sun is 383 billion trillion kilowatts.
The center of the Sun is called the core.
Particles given off from explosions on the Sun are visible from earth... we know this as the aurora.
The closest star to our solar system is called Proxima Centauri and it's over 4 light years away.
The light of the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth.
The surface of the Sun is called the Photosphere.
There are stars that are over 600,000 times as bright as the Sun.
A star is created when the gases and dust in a cool nebula condense.