EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The sun not only has a much larger radius than Earth-it is also much more massive. The sun’s mass is more than 333, 000 times that of Earth, and contains about 99.8 percent of all of the mass in the entire solar system! The sun is made up of a blazing combination of gases. These gases are actually in the form of plasma.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sun lies at the heart of the solar system, where it is by far the largest object. It holds 99.8% of the solar system’s mass and is roughly 109 times the diameter of the Earth-about one million Earths could fit inside the sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -By far most of the solar system’s mass is in the Sun itself: somewhere between 99.8 and 99.9 percent. The rest is split between the planets and their satellites, and the comets and asteroids and the dust and gas surrounding our star.

Detailed explanation-4: -As the star for nine planets, a multitude of asteroids, comets and other celestial objects, the Sun contains more than 99 percent of the entire mass in the solar system.

Detailed explanation-5: -The sun is composed of about 99% of all the matter that was contained in the solar nebula.