The Sun: Facts for Kids: Amazing Fact Books, #1

By Jenny Kellett

We wouldn't be alive if it weren't for the Sun—yet so few of us know a lot about this life-giving star. In fact, a recent survey found that one in four Americans don't know that the Earth revolves around the Sun!

In her latest fact book: The Sun: Facts for Kids, author Jenny Kellett gives you some of the most amazing facts about the Sun along with plenty of beautiful images to help illustrate them. Suitable for more advanced readers, or early readers with the help of an adult, Amazing Sun Facts will inspire aspiring astronauts and astronomers of all ages!

Sun Facts sample

• The Sun looks 1,600 times fainter from Pluto than it does from Earth.
• 99 per cent of our solar system's mass is concentrated in the Sun.
• Solar flares can erupt more than 160,000 km (100,000 miles) from the Sun into space.
• And many more...

So if you're ready to learn more about the amazing history and science of the Sun, buy your copy today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bellanova Books
• Release date: Mar 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201397944

Jenny Kellett

Bellanova Books is a small publishing house based in Melbourne, Australia with authors working in Sofia and Berlin. We write for curious children and adults on interesting and inspiring topics.

Book preview

Introduction

It’s easy to take for granted the burning ball of gas in our sky. However, the Sun is what gives our planet life. Without it, plants couldn’t grow, animals couldn’t eat and the Earth would be a dark, icy planet unable to sustain life.

So how much do you really know about the Sun? You’re about to learn a lot more. Don’t forget to test your new knowledge in the quiz at the end!

Are you ready? Let’s go!

Sun Facts

The Sun is estimated to be around 4.6 billion years old.

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The surface of the Sun is around 5,500 °C (9932 °F).

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The Sun is 333,060 times heavier than Earth. Or, 1,989,100,000,000,000,000,000 billion kilograms!

The dark, snaking line is a giant solar filament. Sept. 30, 2014.

Image credit: NASA

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The diameter of the Sun is 1,392,684 km (865,374 miles).

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If you hollowed out the Sun, you could fit 1.3 million Earths inside of it.

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If you look at the Sun (not directly!) you can see dark spots. These are called ‘Sunspots’ and are cooler areas of the Sun caused by dense patches of magnetic field lines that have emerged from the center. These ‘spots’ are