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Mass of the Sun = 1.989 x 1030 kg = 333,000 Earth masses
Mean radius of the Sun = 696,000 km = 432,000 mi = 109 Earth radii
Ellipticity (oblateness) of the Sun = .00005
Volume of the Sun = 1.412 x 1018 km3 = 1,300,000 Earth volumes
Apparent size of the Sun = 32.5 arc-minutes (when at perihelion, 91.4 million miles from Earth)
Apparent size of the Sun = 31.5 arc-minutes (when at aphelion, 94.5 million miles from Earth)
Apparent size of the Sun = 32.0 arc-minutes (at average distance of 92.95 million miles from Earth)
Apparent size of the Sun at perihelion (left) and aphelion (right)
Average density of the Sun = 1.41 g/cc
Surface gravity of the Sun = 274 m/s2 = 28 Earth gravities
Escape velocity of the Sun = 618 km/s = 1,380,000 mph = 55 Earth escape velocities
Rotation period of the Sun = 25 Earth days (at Equator)
Rotation period of the Sun = 31 Earth days (near 60 degrees latitude)
Rotation period of the Sun = 36 Earth days (near Poles)
Rotational tilt of the Sun = 7.25 degrees (relative to the orbit of the Earth)
Surface temperature of the Sun = 5780 Kelvin = 9950 Fahrenheit
Luminosity of the Sun = 3.85 x 1026 watts
Luminosity per square foot = 5.9 million watts
Mass conversion rate = 4.3 x 106 tonnes/sec
Hydrogen conversion rate = 6 x 108 tonnes/sec
Spectral type = G2 V
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