What is the surface temperature of the sun?

Last updated: September 5, 2023

What is the surface temperature of the sun?
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Things the sun is good at: burning me, helping plants grow, melting glaciers. Things the sun is less good at: letting humans anywhere near it.

I'm sure you already know that the sun is, generally speaking, unreasonably hot. But let's say, for the sake of science, somehow you were able to actually step foot on our favorite star.

Just how hot would the surface be?

 

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