The sun is about 330,000 times as massive as Earth
All
of the planets in the solar system orbit around the sun
The surface of the sun is about 10,000 degrees!
The sun is the closest star to us
The sun is 4.5 billion years old
All plants and animals on Earth get their energy from the sun
The sun is the reason all the planets orbit around and stay nearby
each other
Light from the sun takes 8 minutes to get to Earth