The sun is the center of our system; we owe it to our very existence. Therefore, it is not surprising that this star attracts so much attention. Most often, people are interested in the size of a star named the Sun. How many times is our Earth shining? Mankind did not come to this form of the question right away, because in ancient times it was believed that all celestial bodies are concentrated around the Earth, and they are the size that we can observe with the naked eye. But those days are long gone, so now we know that our planet is far from the largest cosmic body, only not everyone knows how many times the Sun is larger than the Earth in diameter and other parameters.
The size
The radius of the Sun is approximately equal to 696 thousand kilometers. This is 109 times the radius of our planet. It would seem, we can say for sure how much the Sun is, how many times are larger than the Earth. However, no, these figures only indicate that 109 planets such as ours could be placed along the solar equator. The volume of a star exceeds the volume of our planet by more than a million times - 1.3 million. To imagine such a difference in size to a person is almost impossible. Therefore, it is worth moving cosmic dimensions to a closer and more understandable level.
If we imagine that our planet is the size of an orange, then the Sun will be a two-story house. Moreover, this house will be as much as 750 meters from the orange. If the star had continents similar to those on Earth, then from Moscow to Thailand it would be possible to fly not in 10 hours, but in 3-4 months.
Weight
Of course, if you know how big the Sun is, how many times larger than the Earth, we can assume that its mass will be much larger. And indeed it is. Given the difference in chemical composition, and hence density, scientists have long calculated how much the Sun "weighs". How many times is the Earth - not particularly important in this case, because their density is very different from each other. So, the mass of the star is almost two trillion quadrillion. It is written as 2 and 27 zeros followed by a digit. The earth "weighs" only 6 sextillion - this is the number 6 and 21 zero. Thus, the difference in mass will be 333 thousand times.
Attraction
Due to the large size of the star, gravitational acceleration at the surface is much larger than on planet Earth. However, the question "How many times is the force of attraction of the Earth to the Sun greater?" will be incorrect, because with such a formulation of the question it is necessary to compare with something. Rather, the interesting question is "How much more is the gravitational force of the Sun than the Earth?" And it’s 28 times more. So, if we could be in the sun and not burn out, we would be crushed by our own weight. Even a skinny woman who weighs 50 kg on Earth and is proud of her figure would weigh almost a ton and a half on a star. Her bones and internal organs simply could not stand such a mass.
Even those who are not going to devote themselves to the study of space and the bodies traveling in it, you need to at least roughly imagine:
- what size is our own star - the sun;
- how many times larger than the Earth is our star;
- whether in space there exist bodies larger in size than the sun;
- what place we occupy in the universe.
Always these questions interested a person. Today, science can give us detailed answers to all questions.