1. The Sun, Our Closest Star
All: I am a Star, the closest Star.

2. Sun 1: I am an ordinary star, like the many stars you see in the night sky.

3. Sun 2: I am not the largest or the brightest, but I am the most important star to life on Earth.
All: I am a star, the closest star.

4. 109 Earths
Sun 3: Although I may look like a small ball, I am a giant compared to Earth. I am wider than a hundred Earths.

5. Sun 4: And if I were a hollow ball, it would take more than one million Earths to fill me.

6. The Sun: Sol
Sun 5: My gigantic size makes me the center of attraction. I am strong enough to hold all the parts of this system together.
Sun 1: Is it any wonder the system is named after me?

7. All: I am a star, your closest star.
Sun 2: I may be millions of times closer to you than other stars, but I am still very far away.

8. Sun 3: It would take a jet plane nineteen years to reach me
Sun 3: It would take a jet plane nineteen years to reach me. But, of course, no one can visit me.

9. Sun 4: I am not solid like the Earth, so there is no ground to walk on
Sun 4: I am not solid like the Earth, so there is no ground to walk on. And, you wouldn’t survive my scorching heat!

10. All: Like all stars, I am a giant ball of hot gases
All: Like all stars, I am a giant ball of hot gases. My light and heat energy pours out into space.

11. Sun 5: Deep inside my core, constant explosions create the enormous heat that makes me shine.
All: I am a star, your closest star.

12. Sun 1: From Earth, you see my surface
Sun 1: From Earth, you see my surface. I can look like a big white sphere high in the sky or a big red ball at sunset.

13. Sun 2: I am magnificent, but don’t look at me
Sun 2: I am magnificent, but don’t look at me! My light energy is blinding!

14. Sun 3: Like Earth, I, too, have an atmosphere.
Sun 4: A thin, pink layer of hot gases hugs my surface. Because of its color, I call it my color-sphere or chromo-sphere.

15. Sun 5: But my crowning glory is my halo of hot gases that reach millions of miles out into space.
All: I am a star, the closest star.

16. Sun 1: You depend on me to shine everyday
Sun 1: You depend on me to shine everyday. You depend on me to grow your plants, cook your food, and make your rain and rainbows, too.

17. All: I am your constant source of life. But, I am constantly changing.

18. Sun 2: Sometimes my surface breaks out with dark spots called sunspots.
Sun 3: To you, my sunspots look small, but they are many times larger than your Earth.

19. Sun 4: My sunspots bring powerful storms
Sun 4: My sunspots bring powerful storms. Fountains of gas shoot high into my atmosphere.

20. Sun 5: I am constantly changing
Sun 5: I am constantly changing. But, I have been with you for billions of years.
Sun 1: And, I will be with you for billions more.

21. All: I am a star, the closest star.

22. Sun 2: I am not the largest or the brightest, but I am the most important star to life on Earth.

23. All: Study me, learn about me. I am your star – the Sun.

24. Credits
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