Do you think you know everything about the Sun? Discover the 15 qualities of the sun that you never imagined:
What is the real name of the Sun?
Different civilizations have called it differently:
- According to Greek mythology, the god of the sun was Helios.
- The Romans called him the Sun. Both cultures considered the Sun as a god.
- In Norse mythology, the sun god was Sól.
- The Chinese called it Taiyang, which means “Great Light.”
- In Mayan mythology, the sun god was Kinich Ahau.
What makes the sun shine so bright?
Sunlight is produced by nuclear fusion. In the nucleus, particles mix and join together to form new particles.
This releases a large amount of energy in the form of light and heat.
What would happen if the sun got closer to Earth?
If it moved closer to Earth, the Earth would get much hotter.
Plants and animals need a moderate temperature to live, so many species could die. Large storms and hurricanes would also occur.
How many times the size of the Earth?
As you can imagine, the sun is much larger than the Earth.
In reality, there is room for more than 1.3 million Earths in the sun.
Why doesn’t it fall and crash into us?
Gravity is the force that keeps the sun and the planets in orbit, but it is the centrifugal force that keeps it up.
Gravity is strong enough to keep all the planets in orbit, but not strong enough to cause them to fall.
What is the country where the sun does not rise for 6 months?
Greenland is the country where the sun does not rise during the winter. In the summer, however, it shines all day long.
Where is the Sun born and dies in its life cycle?
If we look back millions of years, the Sun was born in the asteroid belt, which is located between Mars and Jupiter.
And although we do not know when, according to science his life will end in the center of the galaxy.
Why does it appear and hide every day?
The Sun appears and sets every day because the Earth revolves around it.
When the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, the Sun sets. When the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun, it appears.
How many hours a day does the sun rise?
It leaves in the morning around 6:00 a.m. and hides at night, around 9:00 p.m. This is known as sunrise and sunset, and in reality these data are an average of all the countries on the planet.
I tell you this because in each place the sun rises and sets at a different time, sometimes with 3 or 4 hours of difference between them, but as an average hour it can work for us 🙂
Where does the Sun rise in the morning?
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
This is true in absolutely every country and corner of the planet. And this is fundamentally due to the rotation of the planet on its own axis, which will always mean that the next point on the horizon that receives sunlight in our reference point will always be in the East.
What is it called when the Sun rises in the morning?
When it rises in the morning, it is called dawn.
At this moment the rooster crows, the farmer wakes up and his little chickens greet him 🙂
It is a moment that evokes a special moment for almost everyone, although practically no one likes to voluntarily get up early on a Sunday morning to see it.
Where is the Sun in the morning and at noon?
In the morning, it is in the east. At noon, it is in the south.
If you keep this in mind, I guarantee that you will not lose your location during the day if you go to the countryside. I explain it to you in more detail in a post about orientation with the sun and it will help you as long as it is not cloudy.
Why does the Sun hide at night?
It hides in the night because the Earth revolves around it. When the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, the latter is hidden.
In reality, it is something difficult to understand for some people and especially for younger children but it takes all the meaning when you understand that “it does not hide”, but rather we turn.
We could say that if the sun is always at a fixed point and we rotate… are we the ones who hide?
How to orient yourself and know the North with the Sun?
To find the north with the sun, you first have to find the south. Then, our beloved star is always in the east in the morning and in the west in the afternoon.
So north will be to your left if you look east in the morning, or to your right if you look west in the afternoon.
Logically, it is easier to orient yourself with an online compass like this one.
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What does the Sun look like if we travel to another planet?
The sun looks different on each planet, let’s see:
- On Mercury, it appears very large in the sky.
- On Venus, it appears very small.
- On Mars, it appears as a bright star.
- On Jupiter, it appears as a large, bright disk.
- On Saturn, it appears as a small, bright disk.
- On Uranus, it appears as a faint star.
- On Neptune, it appears as a very faint star.
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