The Earth is just the right distance from the Sun at 93,000,000 miles

The Earth is just the right distance from the Sun - 93 million miles away. At this distance, the Earth receives only - billionths of the Sun's energy every second.

Closer Distance?

• All water would boil and life would be impossible

Further Away?

• All water would freeze and the planet would be barren and empty of life

The diameter of the sun at its equator is approximately 860,000 miles - about 109 times that of earth. If the Sun were a hollow ball, more than a million Earths could be put inside it!

The Sun converts about 5 million tons of its matter into energy every second. This is equivalent to 100 million (one-megaton) hydrogen bombs going off every second. The surface temperature of the Sun is 5500 degrees C. The core temperature of the Sun is 15 million degrees C.

The Earth is just the right distance from the Sun to support life!