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The Sun is the dwarf star<ref name=Weissman2007p71/> at the center of the Solar System. There are eight major planets and other celestial bodies orbiting it.<ref name=Weissman2007p3/> It is extremely hot, with surface temperatures in excess of 6,000 K and a central core temperature of about 15,700,000 K.<ref name=Weissman2007p72/>
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Since the Sun is about 150,000,000 kilometers away,<ref name=Weissman2007p71/> only a very small amount of its heat and light reach the Earth. By contrast, the Earth's Moon is very much smaller and very much colder.<ref name=Vasavada1999/>
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|style="background:orange;"|<center>'''<big><span></span> June 2012 Election</big>'''
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The Call for Nominations for the June 2012 election opens on May 12 at midnight UTC, and ends on June 3 at midnight UTC.<br />
 
To make your nominations and proposed referenda, please visit [[CZ:Elections_June_2012 | the June 2012 election page]].<br />
<ref name=Vasavada1999>{{cite journal | author=Ashwin R. Vasavadaa, David A. Paige and Stephen E. Wood | title= Near-Surface Temperatures on Mercury and the Moon and the Stability of Polar Ice Deposits | journal= Icarus | volume=141 | issue=2 |pages=pp. 179-193 | date= October 1999 |doi=10.1006/icar.1999.6175}}</ref>
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<ref name=Weissman2007p3>{{cite book | author=Paul R Weissman |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=G7UtYkLQoYoC&pg=PA3 | title=Encyclopedia of the solar system |chapter=Chapter 1: The solar system and its place in the galaxy| edition= 2nd Edition |editor=Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul Robert Weissman, Torrence V. Johnson, editors | publisher=Academic Press | year=2007 | pages= pp. 3 ''ff'' |isbn= 0120885891}}</ref>
 
<ref name=Weissman2007p71>{{cite book | author=Markus J Aschwanden |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=G7UtYkLQoYoC&pg=PA71 | title=Encyclopedia of the solar system |chapter=Chapter 4: The Sun | edition= 2nd Edition |editor=Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul Robert Weissman, Torrence V. Johnson, editors | publisher=Academic Press | year=2007 | pages= pp. 71 ''ff'' | isbn= 0120885891}}</ref>
 
<ref name=Weissman2007p72>{{cite book | author=Markus J Aschwanden |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=G7UtYkLQoYoC&pg=PA72 | title=Encyclopedia of the solar system |chapter=Table 1: Basic physical properties of the sun | edition= 2nd Edition |editor=Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul Robert Weissman, Torrence V. Johnson, editors | publisher=Academic Press | year=2007 | pages= p. 72 | isbn= 0120885891}}</ref>
 
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June 2012 Election

The Call for Nominations for the June 2012 election opens on May 12 at midnight UTC, and ends on June 3 at midnight UTC.
To make your nominations and proposed referenda, please visit the June 2012 election page.