10 facts you have to know about the sun!
1. Life on earth would not be possible without the sun!
2. The sun`s diameter is 1.390.400km!
Would the sun be a Swiss ball, the earth would have the size of a cherry!
3. The middle distance between the earth and the sun is 149,6 Mio. km!
4. It is said that 80% of our wrinkles are caused by the radiation of the sun!
So, if you are not too fond of Botox, buy sunscreem!
5. The quantity of the energy emitting from the sun is 384 trillion megawatts!
Without the sun, the average temperature on earth would be -18°C.
6. One square meter of the sun’s surface shines brighter than one million light bulbs! Quite
bright, isn’t it?!
7. The gravity on the sun is much higher than on earth! So an average man weighs 2 tons on the
sun!
8. The sun is getting brighter and warmer! In 1 billion years from now, its light intensity will
have increased by 10%!
9. The sun is a cocktail of different elements! (72% hydrogen, 26% helium and others)!
The sun contains 99% of all cosmic matter in our solar system!
10. From the very early beginnings of mankind, people have been praying to the sun.!
The Egyptians: Aton & Ra/Re, the Greeks: Apollo & Helios, Germanic tribes: Sunna & Sol.