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<< 2/12 < > The Sun is some 333,400 times more massive than Earth and contains 99.86 percent of the mass of the entire solar system. It is held together by gravitational attraction, producing immense pressure and temperature at its core (more than a billion times that of the atmosphere on Earth, with a density about 160 times that of water). A handle-shaped cloud of plasma erupts from the Sun. Fe XII (195 Å). Taken at 19:36 UT, 28 February 2000. This image was taken by SOHO's EIT (Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) and is courtesy of the EIT Consortium. The wavelength is iron. SOHO/MDI, SOHO/LASCO (ESA & NASA) SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.

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