See if you can find the answers to these questions among the Monday pages of Solar Week.

 
• What is the closest star to planet Earth?
  
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• Name the one characteristic that makes the Sun unique in the Universe.
  
  
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Use the page "Facts about the Sun" to answer the following questions.

• How many light years is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy?

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• Where in the Milky Way Galaxy is the Sun located?

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• The radius of the Sun is _________________ km, while the radius of the Earth is ________________________________ km.
  
  
• How many days does it take the Sun to rotate?  _______________________

• How many days does it take the Earth to rotate?  _______________________

• What is the temperature at the surface of the Sun?
 
• The Earth and the Sun are __________________ km apart.  This is ___________________________ miles.
 
• Write down two other facts you found interesting.

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Scroll down to the Structure section.  Use the information in this section to answer the questions below.

 
• Which region of the Sun is the coolest?  ________________________
 
• Which region is the hottest?  ________________________
       

Click on Stellar Fingerprinting. Use the information to answer the questions below.

• What about a star tells us how hot it is?  ____________________________
• What instrument is used to split light into a spectrum of colors?  ____________________________

• What color star is the Sun?  _____________________

• At the bottom of the "Stellar Fingerprinting" page, click Back to Today's Topic.