Editing Sun

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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Sun
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:SunScrshot.jpg|240px]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Default Sun in Orbiter'''
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
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|width="30%"|Name||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Physical parameters*
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="50%"|1.9889194444×10<sup>30</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Mean Radius||align="right" width="50%"|6.96×10<sup>8</sup> m
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|width="30%"|Surface area||align="right" width="30%"|6.087×10<sup>18</sup> km<sup>2</sup>
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|width="30%"|Volume||align="right" width="30%"|1.412×10<sup>27</sup> km<sup>3</sup>
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|width="30%"|Density||align="right" width="50%"|1.408 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
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|width="30%"|Escape velocity||align="right" width="30%"|617.54 km/s
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Data from Orbiter 2016
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The '''Sun''' is the [[star]] at the center of the [[Solar System]] around which the eight planets, several dwarf planets, many satellites, asteroids and smaller objects revolve.

The Sun is a sphere of hot plasma heated by nuclear fusion to incandescence, mainly hydrogen and helium. It is the largest body in the Solar System with a volume 1 300 000 times larger than the Earth.

== the Sun in Orbiter ==

As of Orbiter 2016 the sun's mean radius is 6.96×10<sup>8</sup> meters and its mass is 1.9889194444×10<sup>30</sup> kilograms.

In Orbiter, the Sun's physics and texture can be changed by editing the '''Sun.cfg''' (found in '''Config''' folder) and '''Star.dds''' (found in '''Textures''' folder).

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include the Sun as a body.
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|colspan="8"|<center>'''Orbiter versions and add-ons which include the Sun'''</center>
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/celestial-bodies-motion-part-1-4-v2-0-0.132/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0]||O-F Resources||v2.0.0||cristiapi||Scenery||2 July 2015||*module only||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010-p1.5428/ Orbiter 2010-P1]||O-F Resources||100830||martins||Orbiter Download||30 August 2010||Orbiter 2010-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2010.5429/ Orbiter 2010]||O-F Resources||100606||martins||Orbiter Download||5 June 2010||Orbiter 2010||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006-p1.5430/ Orbiter 2006-P1]||O-F Resources||060929||martins||Orbiter Download||29 September 2006||Orbiter 2006-P1||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2006.5431/ Orbiter 2006]||O-F Resources||060504||martins||Orbiter Download||4 May 2006||Orbiter 2006||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/2005-with-p1-patch-files.5432/ 2005 (with P1 patch files)]||O-F Resources||050216||martins||Orbiter Download||16 February 2005||Orbiter 2005||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p2.5433/ Orbiter 2003-P2]||O-F Resources||031217||martins||Orbiter Download||17 December 2003||Orbiter 2003-P2||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2003-p1.5434/ Orbiter 2003-P1]||O-F Resources||031105||martins||Orbiter Download||5 November 2003||Orbiter 2003-P1|
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2002.5436/ Orbiter 2002]||O-F Resources||020419||martins||Orbiter Download||19 April 2002||Orbiter 2002||
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2001.5437/ Orbiter 2001]||O-F Resources||010503||martins||Orbiter Download||3 May 2001||Orbiter 2001||
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== See also ==

[[w:Sun|Sun]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

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SunOrbiter2001.jpg|<center>the Sun in Orbiter 2001</center>
SunOrbiter2002.jpg|<center>the Sun in Orbiter 2002</center>
Sun-Orbiter2003P2.jpg|<center>Sun in Orbiter 2003P2</center>
Sun-Orbiter2005P1.jpg|<center>Sun in Orbiter 2005P1</center>
Sun-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Sun in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
Sun-Orbiter2010P1-Orbiter2010P1.jpg|<center>Sun in Orbiter 2010P1</center>
The Sun in white light.jpg|<center>the Sun in true color, 8 May 2019</center>
</gallery>

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-|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Sun in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9'''
+|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Default Sun in Orbiter'''
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 !Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
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-|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-torrent-files.5427/ Orbiter 2016 - torrent files]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter Download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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-|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-core-msi-exe-edition.5426/ Orbiter 2016 Core - MSI / EXE edition]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter Download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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-|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/orbiter-2016-core-zip-edition.5425/ Orbiter 2016 Core - ZIP edition]||O-F Resources||2016||martins||Orbiter download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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-|[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/download.html Orbiter core package download]<br>(The actual download page for Orbiter 2016)||Orbiter download page||Orbiter 2016||martins||Orbiter download||23 August 2016||Orbiter 2016||
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 |[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/celestial-bodies-motion-part-1-4-v2-0-0.132/ Celestial Bodies Motion - Part 1/4 - v2.0.0]||O-F Resources||v2.0.0||cristiapi||Scenery||2 July 2015||*module only||
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 Sun-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>Sun in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
 Sun-Orbiter2010P1-Orbiter2010P1.jpg|<center>Sun in Orbiter 2010P1</center>
-SunScrshot.jpg|<center>Sun in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9</center>
+The Sun in white light.jpg|<center>the Sun in true color, 8 May 2019</center>
-The Sun in white light.jpg|<center>the Sun in true color, 8 May 2019<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
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