star · the centre of the Solar System
The Sun
A G2V yellow dwarf, 4.6 billion years old, holding 99.86 percent of the Solar System's mass.
- Type
- Star
- Distance
- 8.3 light minutes from Earth
- Diameter
- about 1,391,400 km
About The Sun
- Sunlight takes about 8 minutes 20 seconds to reach Earth.
- The Sun is about 1.39 million kilometres across, wide enough to line up 109 Earths.
- Its core burns at around 15 million °C, fusing hydrogen into helium.
Visit The Sun in VR
In IKAREE, The Sun is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Sun. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Sun, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Sun.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
