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The sun is a star. The sun is 1.3 million times the size of the earth by volume. Its mass is about 333,000 times the mass of earth. There are many other ways to describe and compare the size of the sun. See the link for more details. The su...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_big_is_the_sun
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The Sun makes up 99% of the mass of the entire Solar System . Needless to say, it's huge. But how big is the Sun Let's start with mass. The mass of the Sun is 1.9891 x10 kg. I'm sure you find that a hard number to wrap your mind around, so ...
http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/the-sun/how...
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How big around is the Sun? ... We know the 'angular' size of the Sun - how big it is looks to be on the sky - in degrees (it's about half a degree). We can convert that into a physical size for how big it is in miles or kilometers, only by knowing how far away it is.
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ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/solarweek/DISCUSSION/howbig.html
ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/solarweek/DISCUSSION/howbig.html
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The Sun is the largest object in the solar system. A small part of it can be seen in this collection of images of the planets. ... To explore how big the Sun is compared to the Earth check out the comparing the size of the Sun to Earth page.
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www.suntrek.org/sun-as-a-star/suns-vital-statistics/how...
www.suntrek.org/sun-as-a-star/suns-vital-statistics/how-big-sun.shtml
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The Sun is 875,000 miles across and weighs about 44,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds. The radius of the Sun is about 435,000 miles and it's circumference is 2.7 million miles. For comparison, the circumference of the Earth is ...
http://answers.ask.com/Science/Other/how_big_is_the_sun
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The Big Sun Athletic Organization is dedicated to providing an opportunity for young athletes to learn and to excel. We are attemping to develop programs in all sports in our community in an effort to keep our children motivated and healthy.
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www.bigsunathletics.com/
www.bigsunathletics.com/
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The second way to think about it is your question: how many Earth's would fit inside the sun. Imagine the you had a big, round, fish-bowl and a bunch of marbles. Now imagine that the diameter of the fish bowl was 100x the diameter of the each marble.
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imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970518a.ht...
imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970518a.html
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The Sun is the most prominent feature in our solar system. It is the largest object and contains approximately 98% of the total solar system mass. The Sun's outer visible layer is called the photosphere ... The Sun is the most prominent feature in our solar system. It is the largest object and contains approximately 98% of...
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www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm
www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm
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