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	Sun	Sun
Discovered By	Known by the Ancients	Known by the Ancients
Date of Discovery	Unknown	Unknown
Equatorial Radius	695,508 km	695,508 km
Equatorial Circumference	4,370,005.6 km	4,370,005.6 km
Volume	1,409,272,569,059,860,000 km3	1,409,272,569,059,860,000 km3
Mass	1,989,100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg	1,989,100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Density	1.409 g/cm3	1.409 g/cm3
Surface Area	6,078,747,774,547 km2	6,078,747,774,547 km2
Equatorial Surface Gravity	274.0 m/s2	274.0 m/s2
Escape Velocity	2,223,720 km/h	2,223,720 km/h
Rotation Period (Length of Day)	25.38 sidereal days	25.38 sidereal days
Equatorial Inclination to Orbit	7.25 with respect to the ecliptic	7.25 with respect to the ecliptic
Minimum/Maximum Surface Temperature	5,500 °C	5,500 °C
Effective Temperature	5504 °C	5504 °C