The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth an other matter (including other planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and dust) orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 99.8% of the Solar System's mass. Energy from the Sun, in the form of sunlight and heat, supports almost all life on Earth via photosynthesis, and drives the Earth's climate and weather.

Trivia about sun

  • Heliology is the study of light from this source
  • Nearly all artificial satellites are powered by batteries charged by this
  • The largest fusion reactor within 100 million miles of earth
  • The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer
  • The gravitational pull of this object is the main force holding the solar system together
  • It's the only star on which astronomers have observed spots
  • This object is the "S" in SPF, which should be at least 30 in the stuff mom slathers onto you
  • Trace back the Greek roots & you'll find that heliolatry is the worship of this
  • In Slavic myth, Svarozic, the god of fire, is the brother of Dazhbog, god of this heavenly body
  • Proxima Centauri is about 4.3 light years from Earth; this is the only star that's closer
  • It has an average surface temperature of 5,600 kelvin
  • The 2 most important factors in aging skin are genetics & your exposure to this
  • One astronomical unit is about 93 million miles, the average distance between Earth & this
  • Dracula can never see a facula, a large bright patch on this heavenly body
  • About 4.5 billion years old, it's the closest G2 type star to where you're standing
  • Ah Kin, whose help was vital to farming, was the Mayan god of this heavenly body
  • Galileo damaged his eyesight staring at this
  • Helico- refers to a spiral & helio-to this
  • U can't touch this: it's far away, its diameter is 865,000 miles & the part of it we can see is 10,000 degrees
  • On the average, the Earth is about 93 million miles or one astronomical unit away from this
  • Sounds like a bright guy; Tonatiuh was the Aztec god of this heavenly body
  • Getting millions of tons lighter every second, it supplies most of the energy the Earth receives
  • A perihelion is the point in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body when it's closest to this
  • The perihelion is the point in the orbit of a planet when it comes closest to this
  • When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this
  • Utu, who judged the dead at the end of each day, was the Sumerian god of this celestial body
  • Around 300 A.D. Christianity's main rival was the worship of Mithra, god of this heavenly body
  • It's the object John Donne is addressing here:("Why doest thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us; must to thy emotions lovers' seasons run")
  • George Hale’s spectroheliograph made it possible to photograph this using one w.l. of light
  • The Uji were clans of Japan; the Uji that won out claimed descent from Amaterasu, goddess of this heavenly body
  • The seductive Queen of Shemakha sings a "Hymn to" this heavenly body in "Le Coq d'Or"
  • Its radius is approximately 109 times that of Earth & it's really hard to miss
  • Like a child's drawing, the flag of Uruguay has this in the upper left-hand corner
  • In 1543 Copernicus added that while it's the center of the universe, it's not the true center of all space
  • As the Aztec god of this, Huitzilopochtli must have been "hot" stuff
  • An umpire, accused of not seeing if a ball was fair or foul: "On a clear day, I can see" this "& that sucker is 93 mil. miles away"
  • In 1672 Giovanni Cassini determined the distance from the Earth to this, creating a new measuring unit, the Au
  • If you suffer from heliophobia, a fear of this, you might be a vampire!
  • Utu, the Sumerian god of this celestial body, judges the dead in the underworld at the end of the day
  • To physicists, SOHO isn't a neighborhood but an observatory orbiting this body
  • Equipment used by Sam Phillips to record Elvis Presley is on exhibit in a tribute to this record company
  • The green on the flag of Bangladesh represents its lush vegetation; the red circle in the middle is this
  • Spokane takes its name from the Spokane Indians, whose name means "Children of" this heavenly body
  • When Phaeton borrowed his dad Helios' chariot, he was joy-riding on this heavenly body
  • Helios was the Greek god of this heavenly body
  • Galileo famously saw spots before his eyes when he studied this in 1611
  • On the flag of Malawi, one of these represents the dawn of hope & independence for Africa
  • Richard III had a white boar on his flag; Louis XII, a porcupine; & Louis XIV, a radiating one of these
  • In the 1940s zoologist Karl von Frisch discovered that bees use this as a compass
  • From the 300s B.C. Japan was ruled by the Yamato clan, who claimed descent from this celestial object
  • Don't walk on the surface of this closest star to the Earth unless you're wearing heat-resistant booties
  • According to Aztec myth, the god Nanahuatl sacrificed himself to become this heavenly body
  • (National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen presents the clue.) It took years to get a shot of the red aurora borealis; charged particles in the "wind" from this celestial body collide with oxygen in Earth's magnetic field to produce the hue
  • A spectral class G yellow star, it has an apparent magnitude of about -26
  • I hear there's a heavenly body in "Icarus": it's the ballerina who plays this heavenly body
  • Usually seen daily by most people, it produces 3.83 x 1026 watts of power in the form of light
  • The photosphere, the visible surface of this, is actually the innermost layer of its atmosphere
  • The following passage is from a poem about love, addressed to this "busy old fool""Thy beams, so reverend and strong/Why shouldst thou think?/I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink/But that I would not lose her sight so long"
  • The famous Aztec calendar stone depicts Tonatiuh, the god of this, at its center
  • WWI ace Oswald Boelcke advised attacking pilots to keep this behind them so as to interfere with an enemy's vision
  • This will be partly blotted out on May 10, 2013; if I'm with a primitive tribe that day, I can trick them into making me a god
  • The Pharaoh who took the name Akhenaton also made Aton, the god of this, into the only god
  • A jazz musician whose costumes combined Ancient Egypt & science fiction:____ Ra
  • In terms of light speed, it's 8 minutes away from the Earth

Tweets about sun

  • In luv with the sun when she models 4 me
  • @Majoo_FR estoy con Sun, ¿te uno? n.n
  • 酔って心臓バクバクしてうえええなんだこれやべえ金輪際酒は飲むまいと思うんだけど一週間か二週間もするとまた飲んでるんだなこれが。カイピリーニャ一杯でフラフラになるんだな。
  • RT @AndreaRussett: Watch the sun set w meeeee
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  • エロ垢@ともみです。裏垢系相互フォロー支援を行っているアカウントのご紹介です。是非お役立てください! #裏垢相互フォロー Sun Aug 31 02:33:39 +0000 2014
  • RT @LornajaneonEtsy: Angel Bracelet Black Bracelet Angel Window Sun by redhatlady via @Etsy #pottiteam
  • RT @samiam__3: when you in a TLC match but can't find the table https://t.co/CqUCR6KK18
  • RT @tokaiama: 「本日(25日)東京新聞こちら特報部「山谷えり子氏の研究」が面白い:鈴木 耕氏」
  • 面白いんだ、ホント
  • 相互フォロー100%確実!!上手に利用してどんどんフォロワーを増やしましょう。 #相互フォロー支援 #RT拡散希望 Sun Aug 24 04:03:30 +0000 2014
  • 相互フォローお願いできる人いませんか?FPSに関心がある人だと話が合うかも!?フォロー待ってます! Sun Aug 17 13:31:40 +0000 2014
  • New #phhhoto by knee_sun
  • @_TheGreatNate_ you're my sun 🎎🌞
  • The sun finally came out on my cloudy week 😊 thanks babe ❤️
  • Good News o All Smart, TnT and Sun subscriber. FREE INTERNET. :)...
  • RT @TheWorldPost: The earth's water may even be older than the sun itself
  • RT @ROACH_official: 10.19(sun) 渋谷 Milkyway w / ANGRY FROG REBIRTH / 彼女in the display / AIR SWELL / FAKEFACE / But by Fall
  • あ、おっさんが電車から落としたww
  • Watch the sun set w meeeee
  • "Soaking it up" Taking in some of the LA sun everyone has been burnt by lately..I for one could use…
  • Scientists have found that some of Earth’s water is even older than the Sun:
  • Up to half of Earth's water is older than Sun: study
  • RT @NW7US: Sun Spots: 76 as of 09/24/2014 : 10.7cm Flux: 145 #spacewx #solarstorm #hamr #swl
  • olivia- "you wanna stand in the sun with me" jake- "i wanna stand in the sun together" actually goes to the beach
  • “@IrelandBBaldwin: California, will you marry me? Let God be the sun and in the ocean they shall bury me.”
  • Much of Earth’s Water Is Older Than the Sun, and Came From Deep Space
  • RT @RDSimper: Here, @kinsellawarren outs @JustinTrudeau for not talking to @SunNewsNetwork long before @ezralevant rant. #cdnpoli
  • RT @ydimakis: The beauty of a sun & earth combination... "@BEAUTIFULPlCS: Deep red tropical sunset. #earth
  • RT @9493_room: 140920 <⊙♡⊙ 집중모드☜(ㅂ=ㅂ☜) ♥MOON &SUN 선입금 마감이 25일 오늘까지이니 체크해주세요♥
  • 相互フォロー200%です!ボカロ好きな人が来てくれると嬉しいです。フォロー待ってます! Sun Aug 17 14:31:49 +0000 2014
  • RT @ResQwalkKim: @HELPHumane WOW☆All @resqthreads hoodies $22 @ 1/2 off til Sun+the rescue still gets $5 !
  • #nature #TagsForLikes #sky #sun #enjoy #relax #beautiful #pretty #amazing #sunrise #blue #flowers…
  • To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.David Viscott
  • 今日こそは早く登校して 大っっっ嫌いな集団と 時間ぶつからない!
  • RT @Mari7STAFF: ☆Mari7_予約受付中!!☆ 10/5/SUN@FANJtwice ~ELKst.×7$EVEN7SOUL 2MAN LiVE~ “OH MY GOD!~7st.事件勃発だ!~” ・出演時間18:40~ ・TiCKET予約は→ticket@ma…
  • 相互フォローお願いできる人いませんか?ダイエットの話がしたい人だと話が合うかも!?お気軽にフォローしてください! Sun Aug 17 00:01:58 +0000 2014
  • 金曜の朝からショーパンの結婚でやる気減退、テルオは変態 ……意味もなく韻を踏んだ♪ 要するに、もうフジテレビを見る理由はなくなったのである。 要するに、テルオは『昼顔』の流れに乗って「ボクは『夜顔』ですがね♪」と言い出した変態なのである。
  • RT @5SOWamwesia_: Oh the sun will rise Like a flame ignites We're not done till we say it's over We won't fade away Oh the sun will rise To…
  • @SrBachchan Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
  • I miss you like the sun misses the stars during the day @NiallOfficial
  • #sun #Sand and #Sea ... What more? #water #blue #sand #mexico #rivieramaya #playacar #playadelcarmen…
  • RT @SparkyArizonaSt: Shout out to all of the diehard Sun Devil students already at #CampFargo! #BlackOutBruins @942Crew @InfernoInsider #Le…
  • @marimo_moon_sun ハリセンボン春菜が出ると期待してたのに残念(笑)
  • Ich habe ein @YouTube-Video positiv bewertet: 40 Watt Sun - Open My Eyes
  • @DownsSideUp every emotion under the sun. But most of all it makes me feel hopeful
  • RT @ChrisCutless: Pac sun lowkey is fairly priced if u know how to shop there
  • RT @JesusGraces: I believe in the sun even if it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is …
  • RT @JUSTBREATHEweed: oh look, the sun is coming out
  • Ain't no Right sign ain't no Right time Fuck sun down let's do it Right now.