• Question: how hot is the sun

    Asked by Freddie on 16 Oct 2024.
    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 16 Oct 2024:

      Really Hot! About 5,500 deg C on the surface, but a toasty 15 Million deg C in the middle.
      Here is a link to a NASA article all about the sun: https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/

    • Photo: Erin Pallott

      Erin Pallott answered on 18 Oct 2024:

      Pretty toasty as Kirsty said! But we’re pretty far away, so Earth’s average temperature is only about 13-15C. Our atmosphere is what allows us to have nice Summer days. Without it, our average temperature would be more like -20C.

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