• Question: What is the circumference of the sun?

    Asked by to Aled, Ellie, Kev, Willem on 20 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Willem Heijltjes

      Willem Heijltjes answered on 20 Mar 2014:

      Hi gingerfoundation!

      The circumference of the sun is about 4.4 million kilometres! (By comparison, the circumference of the earth is about 40.000 kilometres 🙂 )

    • Photo: Aled Roberts

      Aled Roberts answered on 20 Mar 2014:

      Hey ginger foundation!

      To add to the information… one interesting fact is that the sun is nearly the roundest object ever measured (so its circumference in all directions are almost the same). If scaled to the size of a beach ball, it would be so round that the difference between the widest and narrow diameters would be much less than the width of a human hair!!!!

      Crazy stuff! Hope that adds something! Don’t forget to vote 🙂

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