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[edit] Bold the fact titles?

Should the fact titles be bolded so they stand out? If bolded, the template will appear like this:

The Sun
The Sun
Observation data
Mean distance from Earth 149.6×106 km (92.95×106 mi)
(8.31 minutes at the speed of light)
Visual brightness (V) −26.8m
Absolute magnitude 4.8m
Spectral classification G2V
Orbital characteristics
Mean distance from Milky Way core ~2.5×1017 km
(26,000-28,000 light-years)
Galactic period 2.25-2.50×108 a
Velocity 217 km/s orbit around the center of the Galaxy, 20 km/s relative to average velocity of other stars in stellar neighbourhood
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter 1.392×106 km (109 Earths)
Circumference 4.373×106 km
Oblateness 9×10−6
Surface area 6.09×1018  (11,900 Earths)
Volume 1.41×1027  (1,300,000 Earths)
Mass 1.988 435×1030 kg (332,946 Earths)
Density 1,408 kg/m³
Surface gravity 273.95 m s-2 (27.9 g)
Escape velocity
from the surface
617.54 km/s (55 Earths)
Surface temperature 5785 K
Temperature of corona MK
Core temperature ~13.6 MK
Luminosity (Lsol) 3.827×1026 W
~3.75×1028 lm
(~98 lm/W efficacy)
Mean Intensity (Isol) 2.009×107 W m-2 sr-1
Rotation characteristics
Obliquity 7.25° (to the ecliptic)
67.23° (to the galactic plane)
Right ascension of North pole[1] 286.13°
(19 h 4 min 30 s)
Declination of North pole +63.87°
(63°52' North)
Rotation period at equator 25.38 days
(25 d 9 h 7 min 13 s)[1]
Rotation velocity at equator 7174 km/h
Photospheric composition (by mass)
Hydrogen 73.46 %
Helium 24.85 %
Oxygen 0.77 %
Carbon 0.29 %
Iron 0.16 %
Sulphur 0.12 %
Neon 0.12 %
Nitrogen 0.09 %
Silicon 0.07 %
Magnesium' 0.05 %
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>Kamope< Talk · Contribs 11:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

What about changing the design so that it parallels the redesigned "Planets" template? That one seems to have the bold text you're suggesting, but with an smaller text size. --Ckatzchatspy 18:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)