The center of the Sun is a very hot 15 million degrees celsius on average. Use this form to discover just how hot that is in fahrenheit.

Pretty hot, huh?

The rest of the Sun is very hot as well. At it's edge it is still a very hot 8,300 degrees celsius.

Try comparing the temperature of the Sun to the temperatures of things you know. Here are a couple of suggestions:

• Human average body temperature (98.6 F)
• Freezing point of water (32 F)
• Boiling point of water (212 F)
• Absolute zero (-459 F)
• Moderate oven setting (350 F)
• Mercury's Average Temperature (255 F)
• Venus's Average Temperature (882 F)
• Mars's Average Temperature (-70 F)
• Jupiter's Average Temperature (-94 F)
• Saturn's Average Temperature (-292 F)
• Uranus's Average Temperature (-366 F)
• Neptune's Average Temperature (-357 F)
• Pluto's Average Temperature(-382 F)

     

              
             

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