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Is the sun a protostar

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No, the sun is i it's main sequence stage and has been for about 5 billion years

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Was the Sun a protostar about a million years ago?

No. The sun was a protostar about 4.6 billion years ago.


What is the temperature of a protostar?

the color of the protostar is red


What are the stages of the sun's life cycle?

protostar, main sequence, giant, nebula, white dwarf & black dwarf.


What is a round sphere that does not give off a light of its own?

A planet.Planets do not generate their own light; they reflect the light of the Sun.


How is the sun different from a protostar?

The sun is a star, fusing hydrogen atoms in its inner most layers to produce electromagnetic energy. A Protostar is basically a clump of interstellar matter/dust that may be coalescing due to gravitation to form a star but its center has not yet achieved a high enough temperature for hydrogen fusion to begin.


The earliest stage of a stars life is called a?

A Protostar.


Why does the temperature of a protostar increase?

As gravity pulls more material toward the center of the protostar, the pressure inside the protostar builds.


How was your solar system created?

4.5 years ago once the sun condensed into a protostar it started pulling in rocks and forming planets


What is the star life cycle of the sun?

Life cycle of a sun like star. A sun like star will start out as a nebula to a protostar to a main sequence star to a red giant and into a white dwarf and will simply fade out.


What was the early form of the sun called?

Before becomming a main sequence star, our sun would have been a protostar. A protostar is where there is a large gathering of contracting gas. Matter falls into a central condensation, when the surrounding gas/dust envelope disperses and the accretion process stops, the star moves towards becoming a main sequence star.


What stages has the sun went through?

The sun has already gone through the stage of protostar. It was the condensing stage from a huge cloud of gas and dust, heating up and making some light.


How long does a protostar live?

A protostar will live as long as 100,000 years. After material stops falling on the protostar it will enter then T Tauri star phase.