Sun

Summary

Sun is a G-type main-sequence star^[1]. Sun ranks in the top 7% of g_type_main_sequence_star entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68,752 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sun's instance of is recorded as G-type main-sequence star^[3].
• Sun's spectral class is recorded as G2V^[4].
• Sun is part of Solar System^[5].
• Sun's Commons category is recorded as Sun^[6].
• Sun's parent astronomical body is recorded as Galactic Center of Milky Way^[7].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Mercury^[8].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Venus^[9].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Earth^[10].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Mars^[11].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[13].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Saturn^[14].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Uranus^[15].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Neptune^[16].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Kuiper Belt^[17].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 136472 Makemake^[18].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as Pluto^[19].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 4888 Doreen^[20].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 4886 Kojima^[21].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 4882 Divari^[22].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 4871 Riverside^[23].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 4889 Praetorius^[24].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 4838 Billmclaughlin^[25].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 4853 Marielukac^[26].
• Sun's child astronomical body is recorded as 4924 Hiltner^[27].

Body

Geography

Sun is part of Solar System^[5].

Designation and Status

Sun's instance of is recorded as G-type main-sequence star^[3].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sun include sunscreen^[28]; Parker Solar Probe^[29], a solar probe^[30], in United States^[31]; Sunday^[32], a day of the week^[33]; Suntory^[34], a business^[35], in Japan^[36], founded in 1899^[37], headquartered in Dōjimahama^[38]; solar mass^[39], an unit of mass^[40]; Kumsusan Palace of the Sun^[41], a spring^[42], in North Korea^[43], founded in 1976^[44]; Nuevo sol^[45], a legal tender^[46], in Peru^[47]; and Asahikawa^[48], a core city of Japan^[49], in Japan^[50].

Why It Matters

Sun ranks in the top 7% of g_type_main_sequence_star entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68,752 views/month).^[2] Sun has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] Sun is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]

Entities named for Sun include sunscreen^[28]; Parker Solar Probe^[29], a solar probe^[30], in United States^[31]; Sunday^[32], a day of the week^[33]; Suntory^[34], a business^[35], in Japan^[36], founded in 1899^[37], headquartered in Dōjimahama^[38]; solar mass^[39], an unit of mass^[40]; and Kumsusan Palace of the Sun^[41], a spring^[42], in North Korea^[43], founded in 1976^[44].