> Sol, borrowed from Latin, is used in contemporary English by astronomers and many science fiction authors as the proper name of the Sun to distinguish it from other stars which may be suns for their own planetary systems. [citation needed]
I don't know any solar physicist who calls our sun "sol" (and I know many), neither have I come across scientific papers doing so. A sol is a martian day though!
Wikipedia lists Sol as one of the names for our star.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
I guess it's just a less common word for sun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)
> Sol, borrowed from Latin, is used in contemporary English by astronomers and many science fiction authors as the proper name of the Sun to distinguish it from other stars which may be suns for their own planetary systems. [citation needed]
It's the name of our sun. Sun is what it is (or star). Sol is its name.
I don't know any solar physicist who calls our sun "sol" (and I know many), neither have I come across scientific papers doing so. A sol is a martian day though!
I've never heard any solar physicist refer to "Sun". I have heard "the Sun" and "Our Sun".
"The Boss said please take the day off"
"Our Boss is nice"
"Jill is the boss"
"The Sun is bigger than any planet in our solar system"
"Our Sun is 8 light minutes away"
"Sol is the name of our sun"
I've not once heard a solar physicist use "sun" as a name
"Sun is bright" - bad grammar
Fair point, I'll change (only after outing myself as somebody who pays more attention to writers than physicists)!
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Sol is the Roman sun god and the latin for 'sun' so is sometimes used.
It's also the official name in several non-English countries, including variants like the French "soleil"
https://idiot.vitebsk.net/i43/sun_english.htm