Question

How is the Sun classified?

Answer 1

Answer:

The sun is classified as a star.

Explanation:

The sun is a star at the center of the solar system.

The sun is important in the following ways:

• The sun's light has to be present for photosynthesis to occur thereby, it enables food production by plants.
• The sun lights up the earth through its light rays.
• It warms up the sea.
• It provides heat for heating up the earth leading to production of water vapor that rises to form clouds.
• The sun also provides vitamin D that is essential to living organisms health.

Answer 2

Answer:

Sun is classified as a G2V star or a yellow dwarf star

Explanation:

As per the classification system of stars, sun lies in the category of yellow dwarf star. Officially it is marked as G2V star. The stars belonging to this group are small in size. Mass of these all other stars in this group is compared with the mass of sun which usually varies between 0.8 to 1 times of the mass of sun.

The surface temperature of sun varies between 5000 to 6000 Kelvin