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    The Sun is located at the center of the Solar System and is approximately 1.39 million kilometers in diameter. It contains 99.8% of the mass in the entire Solar System and is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. The Sun formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a large molecular cloud, with most of the matter gathering in the center to form the Sun and a disc forming the rest of the Solar System. It is currently classified as a G2V type main sequence star located within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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    Bismillah Solar Radiation Fix More Than 10pages

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    The Sun is located at the center of the Solar System and is approximately 1.39 million kilometers in diameter. It contains 99.8% of the mass in the entire Solar System and is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. The Sun formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a large molecular cloud, with most of the matter gathering in the center to form the Sun and a disc forming the rest of the Solar System. It is currently classified as a G2V type main sequence star located within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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    The Sun is located at the center of the Solar System and is approximately 1.39 million kilometers in diameter. It contains 99.8% of the mass in the entire Solar System and is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. The Sun formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a large molecular cloud, with most of the matter gathering in the center to form the Sun and a disc forming the rest of the Solar System. It is currently classified as a G2V type main sequence star located within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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    Bismillah Solar Radiation Fix More Than 10pages

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    The Sun is located at the center of the Solar System and is approximately 1.39 million kilometers in diameter. It contains 99.8% of the mass in the entire Solar System and is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. The Sun formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a large molecular cloud, with most of the matter gathering in the center to form the Sun and a disc forming the rest of the Solar System. It is currently classified as a G2V type main sequence star located within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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    1.3.

    Distance of the Sun to the Earth


    The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and
    consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields. It has a diameter of about
    1,392,!" #m $!%,3&" mi', around 1(9 times that of )arth, and its mass $1.9!9*1(
    3(
    #ilograms, appro+imately 33(,((( times the mass of )arth' accounts for about 99.!, of the
    total mass of the Solar System. -hemically, about three .uarters of the Sun/s mass consists of
    hydrogen, while the rest is mostly helium. The remainder $1.9,, which nonetheless e.uals
    %,(( times the mass of )arth' consists of heavier elements, including o+ygen, carbon, neon
    and iron, among others.
    The Sun formed about ". billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a region
    within a large molecular cloud. 0ost of the matter gathered in the center, while the rest
    flattened into an orbiting dis# that would become the Solar System. The central mass became
    increasingly hot and dense, eventually initiating thermonuclear fusion in its core. It is thought
    that almost all stars form by this process. The Sun is a 12type main2se.uence star $123'
    based on spectral class and it is informally designated as a yellow dwarf because its visible
    radiation is most intense in the yellow2green portion of the spectrum, and although it is
    actually white in color, from the surface of the )arth it may appear yellow because of
    atmospheric scattering of blue light. In the spectral class label, G2 indicates its surface
    temperature, of appro+imately %&&! 4 $%%(% 5-', and V indicates that the Sun, li#e most
    stars, is a main2se.uence star, and thus generates its energy by nuclear fusion of hydrogen
    nuclei into helium. In its core, the Sun fuses about 2( million metric tons of hydrogen each
    second.
    The Sun is currently traveling through the 6ocal Interstellar -loud $near to the 12
    cloud' in the 6ocal 7ubble 8one, within the inner rim of the 9rion :rm of the 0il#y ;ay. 9f
    the %( nearest stellar systems within 1& light2years from )arth $the closest being a red dwarf
    named <ro+ima -entauri at appro+imately ".2 light2years away', the Sun ran#s fourth in
    mass. The Sun orbits the center of the 0il#y ;ay at a distance of appro+imately 2"(((=
    2((( light2years from the galactic center, completing one cloc#wise orbit, as viewed from
    the galactic north pole, in about 22%=2%( million years. Since the 0il#y ;ay is moving with
    respect to the cosmic microwave bac#ground radiation $-07' in the direction of the
    constellation >ydra with a speed of %%( #m?s, the Sun/s resultant velocity with respect to the
    -07 is about 3&( #m?s in the direction of -rater or 6eo.
    The mean distance of the Sun from the )arth is appro+imately 1 astronomical unit
    $1%(,(((,((( #m@ 93,(((,((( mi', though the distance varies as the )arth moves from
    perihelion in Aanuary to aphelion in Auly. :t this average distance, light travels from the Sun
    to )arth in about ! minutes and 19 seconds. The energy of this sunlight supports almost all
    life
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    on )arth by photosynthesis, and drives )arth/s climate and weather. The enormous
    effect of the Sun on the )arth has been recogni8ed since prehistoric times, and the Sun has
    been regarded by some cultures as a deity. :n accurate scientific understanding of the Sun
    developed slowly, and as recently as the 19th century prominent scientists had little
    #nowledge of the Sun/s physical composition and source of energy. This understanding is still
    developing@ there are a number of present day anomalies in the Sun/s behavior that remain
    une+plained.

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