Star
The Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System, around which the planets and other bodies orbit.
- Type
- Star
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Connections
- 66
NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory · NASA media (public domain)
- Type: Star
- Domain: Scientific connections

Experience system V6
Stellar observatory profile
A star reading built around classification, catalog identity, observational context, and connected systems.
- 01
Observe
NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.
- 02
Measure
Numerical fields come from the typed Solar System catalog and are omitted when not available.
- 03
Locate
Part of Solar System.
- 04
Connect
66 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
- Mass
- 1,989,000 × 10²⁴ kg
- Radius
- 696,340 km
- Diameter
- 1,391,400 km
- Mean temperature
- 5,505 °C
Scientific map
Atlas context
- Part of
Solar System
- Target of
Parker Solar Probe
- Orbited by
Ida
- Orbited by
Tempel 1
Original SVG diagram
Stellar structure
- Classification
- Star
- Catalog numbers
- Not recorded
- Graph relations
- 66
- Evidence sources
- 1
Visual knowledge graph
Relationships, not isolated facts
This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.
- Associated withActive Regions
- Associated withApparent Solar Time
- Orbited byBorrelly
- Associated withCoronal Holes
- Associated withCoronal Loop
- Associated withCoronal Mass Ejection (CME)
- Associated withCoronal Streamer
- Associated withDifferential Rotation
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- Heliosphere
- Hinode
- Ida
- Magnetic Reconnection
- Main-Sequence Evolution
- Mass–Energy Equivalence
- Nanoflare Heating
- Neutrino Oscillation
- Parker Solar Probe
- Plage
- Polar Coronal Plume
- Prominence
- Ptolemy
- SOHO
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Solar Flare
- Solar Irradiance Variation
- Solar Orbiter
- Solar Orbiter
- Solar System
- Solar Wind
- Spicule
- Stellar Magnetic Activity
- Sunspots
- Supergranulation
- Tempel 1
- The Butterfly Diagram
- The Chromosphere
- The Convection Zone
- The Coronal Heating Problem
- The Dalton Minimum
- The Fast Solar Wind
- The Heliosheath
- The Heliospheric Bow Wave
- The Maunder Minimum
- The Parker Spiral
- The Photosphere
- The Proton–Proton Chain
- The Radiative Zone
- The Slow Solar Wind
- The Solar Core
- The Solar Corona
- The Solar Cycle
- The Solar Dynamo
- The Solar Neighbourhood
- The Sun in Extreme Ultraviolet
- The Tachocline
- The Termination Shock
- The Transition Region
- Tonight Planner
- TRACE
- Twilight Planner
- What Stars Are Made Of
- Wild 2
Image provenance
Photography as evidence

The Sun from Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory · NASA media (public domain)

Image of Sun From NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory · NASA media (public domain)

Solar Scientist Confirm Existence of Flux Ropes on the Sun
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · NASA media (public domain)

Solar Scientist Confirm Existence of Flux Ropes on the Sun
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · NASA media (public domain)
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Curated next objects
Solar System
The Sun and the bodies gravitationally bound to it.
space missionParker Solar Probe
Parker Solar Probe is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2018 to fly through the Sun's outer atmosphere, making the closest approaches to the Sun of any spacecraft.
asteroidIda
S-type asteroid (Koronis family) — (243) Ida.
cometTempel 1
Periodic comet — 9P/Tempel.
cometBorrelly
Periodic comet — 19P/Borrelly.
cometWild 2
Periodic comet — 81P/Wild.
Observation
How this was captured
- Observatory / instrument
- Atmospheric Imaging Assembly
- Mission
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2025-09-10
Gallery
Solar Scientist Confirm Existence of Flux Ropes on the Sun
Caption: This is an image of magnetic loops on the sun, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on July 18, 2012.
2017
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · NASA media (public domain)
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
star:sun- Type
- Star
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
- 66
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Scientific quality
Substantial5 of 6 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Partial
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- Complete
- Citation coverage
- Complete
- Image coverage
- Complete
- Timeline coverage
- Not applicable
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
Provenance & sources
review 2026.1Asteria Scientific Review Process · verification: sourced · accurate
- High evidenceconfirmed
The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V) at the centre of the Solar System, containing about 99.86% of the system's mass; sunlight takes roughly 8.3 minutes to reach Earth.
Source: NASA (NSSDCA) — NASA Planetary Fact Sheet · Public domain (US Government work)
- NASA Planetary Fact Sheet, Planetary Fact Sheet
Reviewed by the internal Asteria Scientific Review Process — not an external institutional review. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
Scientific citations
4Real, source-backed references — primary papers first, then datasets and institutional sources. Formatted through the citation engine; nothing is fabricated.
- Institutional pageNOAA Solar Calculator
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
Cite (APA / BibTeX)
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (n.d.). NOAA Solar Calculator. NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory. https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/ @misc{cite:noaa-solar-calculator, title = {NOAA Solar Calculator}, organization = {NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory}, year = {n.d.}, url = {https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/}, note = {Public-domain solar-position algorithm — declination, equation of time, sunrise/sunset, and twilight — the method implemented by the computed Sun & Twilight times.} } - Institutional pageSun — NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA
Cite (APA / BibTeX)
NASA (n.d.). Sun — NASA Solar System Exploration. NASA. https://science.nasa.gov/ @misc{cite:nasa-star-sun, title = {Sun — NASA Solar System Exploration}, organization = {NASA}, year = {n.d.}, url = {https://science.nasa.gov/}, note = {NASA overview of Sun.} } - Institutional pageThe Sun — NASA Science
NASA
Cite (APA / BibTeX)
NASA (n.d.). The Sun — NASA Science. NASA. https://science.nasa.gov/sun/ @misc{cite:nasa-sun, title = {The Sun — NASA Science}, organization = {NASA}, year = {n.d.}, url = {https://science.nasa.gov/sun/}, note = {NASA overview of the Sun: our star, its structure, and its role in day, night, and the seasons.} } - Institutional pageUSNO Astronomical Applications Department
United States Naval Observatory
Cite (APA / BibTeX)
United States Naval Observatory (n.d.). USNO Astronomical Applications Department. United States Naval Observatory. https://aa.usno.navy.mil/ @misc{cite:usno-astronomical-applications, title = {USNO Astronomical Applications Department}, organization = {United States Naval Observatory}, year = {n.d.}, url = {https://aa.usno.navy.mil/}, note = {Solar and lunar coordinates, phase, and rise/set/twilight/transit methodology (the Astronomical Almanac); the public-domain formulae behind the computed Moon phase, the computed Sun & twilight times, and the computed moonrise/moonset and lunar position.} }
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The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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