For more information on the sun, click here for a new window with links to open. Click here to open a dictionary in another window. Word list: in alphabetical order: be, have, orbit. The verb be is used several times in different forms.For more information on the sun, click here for a new window with links to open. Click here to open a dictionary in another window. Word list: in alphabetical order: be, have, orbit. The verb be is used several times in different forms.This reading is about the sun. the earth, and the moon. Sometimes, the pronoun it is substituted for one of the nouns.
The sun, like the other stars, is a giant sphere of gases. It has a diameter of 865,000 miles. The sun is 100 times larger than the earth. If the earth were at its center, the moon would orbit about halfway between the earth and the sun's surface.