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The common mistake people make is that 'Sun' is the name of any burning gas in space when atually this isn't true.
The Sun that we know is a star that scientists have named 'The Sun' so it's just a name like 'earth' or 'jupiter'
As for your question, scientists estimate that there are billions and billions of star throughout the universe so you would need to define your question.
There is now exact number, because our 'Sun' like others is a star. so technically the stars are 'Suns'
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Who discovered what the sun is made of?
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
How discovered helium?
Pierre Janssen, who was a French astronomer discovered helium in 1868. It was the English astronomer Norman Lockyer who proposed the name helium after the Greek name of the sun, Helios.
Why was the discovery of helium unusual?
Because helium was discovered by spectral methods in the Sun.
What element is named after greek word for sun?
Helium (He) was named from the greek word helios=sun. Helium was given that name because it was first discovered at the spectrum of the chromosphere of sun.
What will happend to the sun in 2 million years?
Nothing. The sun will look almost the same as it does today in 2 million years. The Sun has a lifetime of about 10 billionyears, and it's about halfway along; the solar system is about 4.5 billion years old.
How many sun and moon in Saturn planet?
Saturn does not have its own sun and it has 60 moons and some were just discovered a few years ago
What element was found after being on the sun for 27 years?
Helium. It was discovered on the Sun many years before it was discovered on Earth.
What was helium called 200 years ago?
Helium was first discovered in 1868 (145 years ago) in the sun and get its name from the Greek word, Helios, meaning the sun. So 200 years back helium was unknown and doesn't have a name.
How many years has the sun being burning?
It is estimated that the sun formed into a star about 4.57 billion years ago.
Was the Sun a protostar about a million years ago?
No. The sun was a protostar about 4.6 billion years ago.
When was the sun discovered or created?
It was discovered in 1774 when Europeans looked up for the first time in history... No. Actually, there are tons of rough estimates, but no real answers everyone can settle on. I've seen people estimating from one million years ago to two billion years ago.
Did our system's Sun explode 14 billion years ago?
Our Sun did not exist till about five billion years ago.
How old was the Sun a million years ago?
The sun was roughly 4.6 billion years old a million years ago. The margin for error on the estimated age of the sun is more than a million years.
What did everyone think the sun was a thousand years ago?
The Sun
Which planet has not made a complete orbit around the sun?
The planets have been orbiting the Sun for a very long time. However, Neptune has the longest year, about 165 Earth-years long, and since it was only discovered in 1846, 166 Earth-years ago, it has only made one orbit since it was discovered.
How many years ago was the radiation you see and feel from the Sun today produced by nuclear reactions inside the Sun?
4billion
Who discovered earth is smaller than sun?
probably someone from a long time ago
