The sun's mass is made up of around

The correct answer is 0.80% Oxygen.

• The sun's mass is made up of around 0.80% Oxygen.

Key Points

• Composition of the sun:
  • 73% of the Sun’s mass is hydrogen, and another 25% is helium. 
  • The Sun and the stars are made up of mostly hydrogen and helium.
  • It was first shown in a thesis in 1925 by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.
  • The core is approximately 20% of the size of the solar interior and has a temperature of approximately 15 million K.
  • It generates its energy by nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium.
  • The inner layers are the Core, Radiative Zone and Convection Zone.
  • The outer layers are the Photosphere, the Chromosphere, the Transition Region and the Corona.

Additional Information

• Solar Missions:
  • Genesis was the first solar mission and spacecraft to capture a sample of the solar wind.
  • Aditya-L1 is the first solar mission of India to study the Sun.
  • NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first mission to touch the Sun.