2 differences between the sun and a planet?

Answer 1

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The sun is a star. It 'burns' itself as fuel in a nuclear reaction, providing us with heat and light. The planets do not produce their own heat/light through nuclear reactions. It is made up of hydrogen and helium (like in balloons!). The sun is EXTREMELY HOT!!! Don't go close to the sun. The sun is also much more large than all the planets combined! The Sun is MASSIVE!!!!!

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The sun is mass of gasses that is hot enough to undergo fusions This creates elements and produces electromagnetic radiation (light). A planet is collective mass of solids, liquids, or gasses. A planet does not produce its own radiation and no fusion happens within a planet

Answer 2

The Sun is a star, which means that it is made up of mostly Hydrogen and has enough mass to carry out nuclear reactions within its core and emit its own light and heat. The planets, even the gas giants, do not have enough mass to burn and glow on their own. There are more differences, but they vary from planet to planet.

Answer 3

The difference between the Sun and planets is a matter of fundamental definition, the Sun is a star, planets are not. The Sun is a highly luminous giant ball of gas undergoing core fusion processes mostly converting lighter elements like hydrogen into heavier elements; by comparison planets are smaller, significantly less massive, often have a preponderance of elements in their cores such as silicon, oxygen, nickel, iron, which elements are heavier than the gas that makes up the Sun; and are not undergoing fusion causing them to be luminous.

Answer 4

The sun is a star that emits light and heat through nuclear fusion, while a planet does not create its own light and instead reflects light from the sun. The sun is much larger and more massive than any planet in our solar system.

Answer 5

Firstly, the Sun is a star, whereas planets are not. Secondly, the sun is far more dense than any planet.

Answer 6

It is much bigger than the planets. It is very very hot.

Answer 7

the sun is a star not a planet