Sun

star at the centre of the Solar System

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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 (93,772 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

Instance of: Population I star^[3]
Spectral class: G2V^[4]
Part of: Solar System^[5]
Commons category: Sun^[6]
Parent astronomical body: Galactic Center of Milky Way^[7]
Child astronomical body: Mercury^[8], Venus^[9], Earth^[10], Mars^[11], asteroid belt^[12], Jupiter^[13], Saturn^[14], Uranus^[15], Neptune^[16], Kuiper Belt^[17], 136472 Makemake^[18], Pluto^[19], Planet Nine^[20], planet beyond Neptune^[21]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sun include Sunday^[22], a day of the week^[23]; Suntory^[24], a business^[25], in Japan^[26], founded in 1899^[27], headquartered in Dōjimahama^[28]; Parker Solar Probe^[29], a solar probe^[30], in United States^[31]; solar mass^[32], an unit of mass^[33]; Asahikawa^[34], a core city of Japan^[35], in Japan^[36]; sunscreen^[37]; Kumsusan Palace of the Sun^[38], a spring^[39], in North Korea^[40], founded in 1976^[41]; and Nuevo sol^[42], a legal tender^[43], in Peru^[44].

Why It Matters

Sun has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] Sun is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for Sun include Sunday^[22], a day of the week^[23]; Suntory^[24], a business^[25], in Japan^[26], founded in 1899^[27], headquartered in Dōjimahama^[28]; Parker Solar Probe^[29], a solar probe^[30], in United States^[31]; solar mass^[32], an unit of mass^[33]; Asahikawa^[34], a core city of Japan^[35], in Japan^[36]; and sunscreen^[37].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Sun — instance of (P31): Population I star. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Sun — spectral class (P215): G2V. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-12-28. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Sun — part of (P361): Solar System. Retrieved 2021-04-02. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Sun — Commons category (P373): Sun. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Sun — parent astronomical body (P397): Galactic Center of Milky Way. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Mercury. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Venus. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Earth. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Mars. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): asteroid belt. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Jupiter. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Saturn. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Uranus. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Neptune. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Kuiper Belt. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): 136472 Makemake. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Pluto. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): Planet Nine. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Sun — child astronomical body (P398): planet beyond Neptune. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

15d ago · Moebeus · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sitelink count → 362

Different from → Sonne, sun, Sonne +1

Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', '

Claims rich → —

"/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Different from: Sonne"
9w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Basisklassifikation → 39.51

Verbaalpina id → C3479

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C3479, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
13w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14470 → Locations/Sun

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Sun"
13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Biblissima authority id → St. Ludger's Abbey

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q319017, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Jewish encyclopedia id → 14112

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 14112, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484913|SUN (#167484913)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix"
19w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → sun

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sun, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958786|sun (#289958786)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Svkkl authority id → h0005283-Slunce

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005283-Slunce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
24w ago · J 1982 · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Has boundary → solar corona, photosphere

Fandom article id → oursolarsystem:Sun, planets:Sun, anything:Sun +7

Flattening → {'amount': '+0.00005'}

Surface gravity → {'unit': 'Q1051665', 'amount': '+274.0'}

+ 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: thestarsabove:Sun"

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