S is for Sun

The sun is a medium-sized yellow star at the center of our solar system.

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

The sun is a huge orange fire ball. It is so big that if it were hollow, it could hold 1.3 million Earths.

This web page was created by Emily, a student at John R. Briggs Elementary School, on 12/12/05. I got my information from The Sun, Melbourne Planetarium, and the Zoom Astronomy Dictionary