how hot is the sun – Space Zone

Question: how hot is the sun
- Keywords:
  sun,
  temperature
Asked by anon-219135 to Emma on 21 Jun 2019.
- Emma Davies answered on 21 Jun 2019:
  
  It depends where on the Sun you’re looking! The surface of the Sun is about 6000 degrees Celsius, but the atmosphere of the Sun is much hotter – a few million degrees! And we actually don’t know why it’s so hot!

Question: how hot is the sun