Dazzling facts about the Sun - We all know how important the Sun is, and how its light and warmth are crucial for life on Earth. However, there are some amazing facts about this star that many people do not know about. Take a look at the following gallery to be surprised by these amazing facts!

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White sun - According to the online edition of the Houston Chronicle, if we were in space and looked at the Sun through the naked eye, it would look white and not yellow.

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Theory - In the third century BC, Aristarchus of Samos proposed the theory that planets orbit the Sun.

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High temperatures - According to the online edition of ABC Radio Perth, lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

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Size - According to National Geographic, about 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the Sun.

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Colors - In 1666, Isaac Newton used a prism to observe sunlight, and concluded that light is made of several colors.

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Scale - According to the website Discover Primary Science, if the Sun were the size of a beach ball in space, then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and the Earth would be the size of a pea.

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Density - The Sun does not have a defined limit, as its density decreases exponentially as the distance from the core increases.

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Gold - According to the book '1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off', about 10 billionths of the Sun is made of gold.

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Earth's inner core temperature - According to the website The Verge, the Earth's core is as warm as that of the Sun.

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Biggest percentage - The Sun represents about 99.86% of the Solar System's mass.

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Centuries to complete orbit - According to Universe Today, Pluto takes about 248 years to complete its orbit around the Sun.

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Dangerous for the eyes - If you look directly at the Sun, you can damage your eyes.

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Solar eclipse - According to Discover magazine, the reason the Moon fits so perfectly in front of the Sun during a total solar eclipse is because the Sun is about 400 times larger than the Moon, and is also about 400 times farther away from planet Earth.

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Sneezing - According to Scientific American, between 10% and 35% of people sneeze when they look directly at the Sun.

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Red star - According to Universe Today, in about 5 billion years, the Sun will become depleted of hydrogen and helium and turn into a giant red star.

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Energy - According to inventor Raymond Kurzweil, all of the world's energy needs could be met with only 1/10000 of the sunlight that shines on Earth every day.

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Ancient - The Sun formed about 4.6 billion years ago.

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Far away star - According to NASA, the star closest to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, is located a lot further away than Pluto.

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Correct theory - According to New Scientist, 359 years after the Catholic Church compelled Galileo Galilei to withdraw his theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun, in 1992 it was finally accepted as correct.

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Speed - According to the website Live Science, as passengers on Earth, we are transported around the Sun at an approximate speed of 107 km/h.

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Temperature - The Sun's core has a temperature of about 15 million degrees Celsius.

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Sun's orbits - It is estimated that the Sun has completed about 20 orbits throughout its existence and only 1/1250 of those since human beings have existed.

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Distance - According to Universe Today, the Sun is about 400 times farther from the Earth than the the Moon.

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Plants - According to Carnegie Science, the amount of sunlight plants convert into energy everyday is equivalent to six times the total energy consumption of human civilization.

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Neutrinos - Every second, the Sun sends about 10 times more neutrinos to Earth than the number of people on our planet.

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Wrong theory - According to a 2011 article published by the online edition of Reuters, a third of Russians believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth.

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Phobia - Isaac Newton developed a phobia of sunlight after looking directly at the Sun too often.

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Solar radiation - According to Business Insider, the American flags on the Moon are completely white due to solar radiation.

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Round - According to The Guardian, the Sun is the most naturally round object in the universe.

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